Harling v. State

This is a claim for the unjust imprisonment of Harry Harling, brought pursuant to Section 8(c) of the “Court of Claims Act,” Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 37, § 439.8(c), which provides that this Court has jurisdiction over:

“all claims against the State for time unjustly served in prisons of this State where the persons imprisoned shall receive a pardon from the governor stating that such pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which they were imprisoned ...”

Claimant had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Cook County, and on November 16, 1973, was…