Illinois Death Row Inmates Granted Commutation by Governor George Ryan on January 12, 2003

Illinois Death Row Inmates Granted Commutation

(sentences were commuted to life in prison unless otherwise indicated)

1. ALLEN, KENNETH (B)
2. ALVINE, RONALD (W)
3. ARMSTRONG, DONALD (B)
4. ASHFORD, JAMES (B)
5. BALLARD, MARK (W)
6. BANKS, RANDY (B)
7. BARROW, RONALD (W)
8. BEAN, HAROLD (W)
9. BRISBON, HENRY (B)
10. BRITZ, DEWAYNE (W)
11. BROOKS, TERRENCE (B)
12. BROWN, ANTHONY (B)
13. BROWN, ANTON (B)
14. BURGESS, RAY (W)
15. BURT, RONALD (W)
16. BURTON, PETER (W)
17. BUSS, TIMOTHY (W)
18. CABALLERO, JUAN (L)
19. CAFFEY, FEDELL (B)
20. CASILLAS, ROBERT (L)
21. CASTEEL, LUTHER (W)
22. CEJA, RAUL (L)
23. CHAPMAN, REGINALD (B)
24. CHILDRESS, JOHN (B)
25. CLOUTIER, ROBERT (W)
26. COLE, JR., JOHN (W)
27. COLEMAN, DEDRICK (B)
28. CORTEZ, JUAN (L)
29. DAMERON, TONY (W)
30. DANIELS, ERIC D. (B)
31. DAVIS, CHRIS (B)
32. EASLEY, IKE (B)
33. EDWARDS, DANIEL (W)
34. EMERSON, DENNIS (B)
35. ENIS, ANTHONY (B)
36. EVANS, JOHNNIE LEE (B)
37. EVANS, JR., ROBERT L. (B)
38. FAIR, ROBERT (B)
39. FAYNE, LORENZO (B)
40. FLORES, MARIO (L) (sentence commuted to 40 years)
41. FOSTER, JAMES (B)
42. FRANKLIN, WILLIAM (B) (sentence commuted to 40 years)
43. GANUS, VICTOR (W)
44. GILLIAM, OASBY (B)
45. GOSIER, HARRY (B)
46. GRAHAM, EDWARD (B)
47. GRIFFIN, HENRY (B)
48. GRIFFITH, EVAN (B)
49. GUEST, ANTHONY (B)
50. HALL, ANTHONY (B)
51. HALL, FELIPE (B)
52. HARRIS, DAVID (B)
53. HARRIS, JAMES (B)
54. HARRIS, RALPH (B)
55. HAYNES, JONATHAN (W)
56. HEARD, DELBERT (B)
57. HENDERSON, DEMETRIUS (B)
58. HESTER, JOHN (B)
59. HICKEY, ARTHUR (W)
60. HICKS, JOJULIEN (B)
61. HOLMAN, TAFFORD (B)
62. HOOPER, MURRAY (B)
63. HOPE, EDGAR (B)
64. HUDSON, RENALDO (B)
65. JACKSON, LAWRENCE (B)
66. JAMISON, ERNEST (B)
67. JANES, RON (W)
68. JOHNSON, ANDREW (B)
69. JOHNSON, GRAYLAND (B)
70. JOHNSON, LENARD (B)
71. JOHNSON, MARK (B)
72. JOHNSON, MILTON (B)
73. JOHNSON, MONTELL (B) (sentence commuted to 40 years)
74. JONES, ANDRE (B)
75. JONES, ROBERT K. (W)
76. JONES, WILLIAM T. (B)
77. KARIM, SAMUEL (B)
78. KEENE, WILLIAM (W)
79. KIDD, LEONARD (B)
80. KING, DERRICK (B)
81. KING, MAURICE (B)
82. KIRCHNER, WILLIAM B. (W)
83. KITCHEN, RONALD (B)
84. KLINER, RONALD (W)
85. LASH, DALE (W)
86. LEAR, TUHRAN (B)
87. LEE, ERIC (B)
88. LUCAS, ROOSEVELT (B)
89. MACRI, GENO (W)
90. MAHAFFEY, JERRY (B)
91. MAHAFFEY, REGINALD (B)
92. MATA, BERNINA (L)
93. MCCALLISTER, MAYNARD (W)
94. MCDONALD, MAURICE (B)
95. MCLAURIN, CHARLES (B)
96. MCNEAL, ALDWIN (B)
97. MILLER, JOSEPH (W)
98. MITCHELL, ANTHONY (B)
99. MONTGOMERY, ULECE (B)
100. MOORE, COREY (B)
101. MOORE, EDWARD (W)
102. MORRIS, RICHARD (B)
103. MOSS, SANANTONE (B)
104. MUNSON, JAMES (B)
105. NEAL, JR., JOHN (W)
106. NEILSEN, NEILS (W)
107. NIEVES, HECTOR (L)
108. OAKS, DOUGLAS (W)
109. ODLE, THOMAS (W)
110. OWENS, ROBIN (B)
111. PAGE, PATRICK (W)
112. PECORARO, JOHN (W)
113. PEEPLES, WILLIAM (B)
114. PITSONBARGER, JIMMY (W)
115. PULLIAM, LATASHA (B)
116. RAINES, DANIEL (W)
117. REYNOLDS, SEAN CLAY (W)
118. RICHARDSON, FLOYD (B)
119. RILEY, WILLIAM (B)
120. RISSLEY, JEFFREY (W)
121. SANCHEZ, HECTOR (L)
122. SCOTT, LARRY (B)
123. SHATNER, DARRIN (W)
124. SHURN, KEITH (B)
125. SILAGY, CHARLES (W)
126. SIMMS, DARRYL (B)
127. SIMPSON, ROBERT (B)
128. SIMS, BOBBY (B)
129. SIMS, PARIS (B)
130. SMITH, DAVID (W)
131. SOLACHE, GABRIEL (L)
132. SPREITZER, EDWARD (W)
133. STRICKLAND, TYRONE (B)
134. SZABO, JOHN (W)
135. TAYLOR, PAUL ERIC (W)
136. TENNER, JAMES (B)
137. TERRELL, DREW (B)
138. THOMAS, WALTER (B)
139. TODD, ROBERT (W)
140. TOWNS, SHERRELL (B)
141. TURNER, ROBERT (W)
142. UMPHREY, THOMAS (W)
143. URDIALES, ANDREW (W)
144. WARD, JERRY (B)
145. WATFORD, MARLON (B)
146. WATSON, HENRY
147. WESTRAY, JAMES (W)
148. WILEY, HOWARD (B)
149. WILLIAMS, BOBBY (B)
150. WILLIAMS, DOROTHY (B)
151. WILLIAMS, ELTON (B)
152. WILLIAMS, FRANK (B)
153. WILLIAMS, JACQUELINE (B)
154. WILLIAMS, MICHAEL (B)
155. WILSON, GLENN (B)
156. WOOLLEY, MARTIN (W)
157. WRIGHT, PATRICK (W)

Governor Ryan also granted clemency to additional inmates who had been on death row but who had their sentences vacated and were awaiting a new sentencing hearing. These commutations are being challenged. (Chicago Tribune, January 15, 2003)

158. BRACEY, WILLIAM (B)
159. BROWN, CORTEZ (B)
160. COLLINS, ROGER L. (B)
161. ERICKSON, PAUL S. (W)
162. FULLER, TYRONE (B)
163. KANTU, JUIUS (B)
164. MADEJ, GREGORY (W)
165. MORGAN, SAMUEL (B)
166. ST. PIERRE, ROBERT (W)
167. THOMPKINS, WILLIE (B)