Rally calls on Governor J.B. Pritzker to honor constitutional right to rehabilitation

Rally calls on Governor J.B. Pritzker to honor constitutional right to rehabilitation

“My husband has a changed heart,” said Denise Bartik, who stood with a crowd of other advocates outside Governor J.B. Pritzker’s office in downtown Chicago on Thursday to call for compassion and a reinstatement of parole in Illinois. Jeff Bartik, her husband, has served 48 years in state prisons for murder. His clemency petition was […] The post Rally calls on Governor J.B. Pritzker to honor constitutional right to rehabilitation appeared first on Chicago Reader.

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