Every year, hundreds of prisoners serving time in the Illinois Department of Corrections for violent crimes seek clemency from the Governor. It’s up to our county State’s Attorney’s to object to these petitions for clemency to protect victims and keep our communities safe.

Sadly, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart has ignored this opportunity to protect residents and has not objected to these prisoner petitions since taking office 2020.

Mary Cole will end Eric Rinehart's patterns of incompetency and failure in the Lake County State's Attorney's office.