Legal Opinion
Paul O. Crump v. Michael P. Lane, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1986No. 86-1286PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This action challenges a series of decisions by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (“the Board”) denying plaintiff’s release on parole on eight separate occasions between February 1977 and April 1984. Plaintiff seeks both money damages and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
On March 19, 1953, plaintiff Paul Crump was convicted of killing an unarmed security guard during a robbery. Crump was sentenced to death for the murder. In 1955 the Illinois Supreme Court reversed Crump’s conviction and remanded the…
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