Man who died in prison granted executive clemency in Krajcir attack

Thursday, January 17, 2019 ~ Updated 10:48 PM

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. -- The Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois-Springfield announced Monday that Grover Thompson, who was wrongfully convicted in 1981 of stabbing a Mount Vernon woman, and died in prison in 1996, has received executive clemency based on actual innocence by outgoing Gov. Bruce Rauner. Rauner granted the request Friday, a few days before he completed his term.

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