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1	My answer to that is absolutely none that he
2	does not already have. Only his present powers, and they
3	are completely satisfactory, and I think, ample.
4	Should the Governor have the power to delegate
5	his powers of executive clemency? Should the Governor
6	have the power to grant a nolle prosequi?
7	No, some years ago, the Governor was relieved
8	of the time-consuming responsibility for the granting of
9	paroles. This was with ray approval when I was Governor.
10	I did that. The powers of commutation and the granting
11	of pardons should remain with the Governor.
12	Of course, the Governor consults a lot of
13	people. He talks with the State's Attorney, he talks with
14	the judges, he talks with a lot of people concerning that,
15	so he really has a lot of advice before he makes his
16	decision, and I commuted nineteen death sentences. I am
17	opposed to capital punishment. Three of them I didn't
18	commute, I didn't have the courage to commute.
19	I talked to the judges. I remember one judge
20	I talked to, 1 said to him, I said, Judge, you didn't have
21	this man examined by a psychiatrist, and you have one right