Governor Bruce Rauner has vetoed a legislation, which is intended to prevent wrongful convictions. The bill would have regulated the testimony of “so-called jailhouse snitches.” In cases involving murder, sexual assault, or arson, defense attorneys would have gotten advance notice, with judges able to block the informant’s testimony. John Hanlon, who is with the Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield, says that when Illinois had the death penalty active, false informant testimonies were the leading cause of wrongful convictions. He stated, “There is actually one fellow in a downstate county, and I’m not going to use his real name, but he was referred to as Father Jones, because everybody confessed to him.” Rauner’s veto message echoed the concerns for prosecutors, who claim that the legislation would have kept them from doing their jobs, and prevented juries from hearing evidence.