Illinois man receives posthumous clemency in stabbing case

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Just days before he left office, former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner granted posthumous clemency to a man imprisoned for a stabbing that a serial killer later confessed to committing.
The Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois in Springfield says Grover Thompson received the first posthumous exoneration in state history. Illinois Prisoner Review Board spokesman Jason Sweat said Tuesday that Rauner granted Thompson executive clemency on Friday.
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