Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner grants 5 requests for clemency, with 59 other petitions denied. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board announced the latest actions on Tuesday. The requests that Rauner granted involved low-level drug, burglary or theft offenses. Once case was for possession of a controlled substance, dated back from 1977. Another was a 2007 misdemeanor for unlawful possession or consumption of alcohol. The Republican governor’s approval rate for clemencies has been far lower than his Democratic predecessor. Rauner’s office says that each person who has granted clemency has undergone a recent criminal background check through an Illinois law enforcement date system. People who have had clemency petitions are granted to go to court and attempt to have their criminal record expunged.