Pritzker names new Illinois Prisoner Review Board executive director after controversy
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced the appointment of a new executive director for the Illinois Prisoner Review Board – weeks after the chair of the board and a member resigned amid the controversy over the release of a man now charged with murder.Pritzker announced James Montgomery will serve as executive director of the board, pending confirmation by the Illinois State Senate.
In late March, Prisoner Review Board chair Donald Shelton and board member LeAnn Miller resigned after the board approved the parole of a man who is accused of stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and killing her 11-year-old son a day after he was released from prison.The boy, Jayden Perkins, was killed while trying to protect his pregnant mother, Laterria Smith, on the morning of Wednesday, March 13.
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