Will Bacino go free?

Add comment June 18th, 2008

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board meets tomorrow and I think there’s a good chance that it will let convicted killer Ted Bacino go free.

Bacino came within one vote of freedom last year and this year there’s been some subtle and not-so-subtle efforts to put pressure on the board to allow more prisoners to go free.

I would hope the thousands of petitions we gathered and sent to the board will have some influence on the decision, but I’m not real optimistic.

The board also will consider Simon Peter Nelson’s case. I doubt he will ever go free.

We’ll know late tomorrow morning or early tomorrow afternoon.