Update: January 20, 2010
As I stated in the correspondence below to Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois, Judge Paul Foxgrover convicted me erroneously in 1989. Judge Foxgrover was a criminal also. I began my sentence on January 16, 1992. On July 14, 1992 Judge Foxgrover was sentenced to six years in a state prison and assessed a $25,934 fine after pleading guilty to theft, official misconduct, and forgery. Judge Foxgrover served his sentence in East Moline, Illinois minimum security prison. Judge Foxgrover was released from East Moline approximately 6 months before I was transferred to the East Moline prison facility. Has Judge Foxgrover received clemency from any Governor of Illinois? Read some of Judge Foxgrover's "criminal" bio at http://www.ipsn.org/foxg.html
January 15, 2010
Office of the Governor
Pat Quinn, Governor
Ms. Emily Mattison, Associate General Counsel
JRTC, 100 West Randolph, Suite 16-100
Chicago, Illinois 60601
CERTIFIED MAIL
Ms. Mattison:
I received your letter dated January 8, 2010 regarding my clemency petition, docket #26670, which was heard on the October 2006 docket. I have written many letters over the past 3 years, following up on my request for clemency. My most recent letter to you is dated October 2, 2009.
I am very disappointed in the “systematic” way the decision-making process for clemency is being conducted in Illinois. There have been many clemency decisions or other releases from incarceration made “out of chronological order” since I filed my petition. Among my many achievements since being released from incarceration in December of 1994 is my Ph.D., which is the highest academic achievement one can obtain.
During this election “era”, Governor Quinn has been to my church, the Apostolic Church of God, soliciting votes. The Apostolic Church of God is one the largest churches in Chicago with over 20,000 members. On December 30, 2009, Governor Quinn renounced his early release program of 1700 prisoners from the Illinois Department of Corrections. Many of these individuals re-offended. He called it a mistake. It was a mistake because there were no proven factors to suggest this act would reduce recidivism or alleviate crime. It was a political move.
Governor Quinn purports to align himself with reducing recidivism. Am I not a part of this reduction? What do I have to achieve so that I can make a decent living or get decent employment? At every turn, I have to defend or report offenses against the State of Illinois that happened 20 years ago, and they were non-violent offenses. They were offenses stemming from my substance abuse and alcoholism. In addition, the Illinois judicial and legal system abused the statutory laws to get their convictions. In the case that was the catalyst to my convictions, I was convicted by a Judge who is now a felon himself, Paul Foxgrover. Paul Foxgrover was part of the “Greylord” investigations of the 1980s in Chicago. Paul Foxgrover was convicted approximately 18 months after convicting me. Is this justice, or is it “just” us?
Where is my relief? When does it come? How long do I have to suffer? What do I have to achieve? When does our legal system stop committing crimes against its citizens? Really, who gets clemency? Is it our legal system or its citizens? Have I not earned “consideration” for clemency, as you so “eloquently” put in your letter dated January 8, 2010? I have earned what I am requesting. I have a right to live a decent life, free from the tyranny of the State of Illinois.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred Nance Jr., Ph.D.
Human Services/Social Policy Analysis
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