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Jul 2, 2011 · After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois' death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took...
Nov 11, 2021 · In 2003, after spending nearly 12 years on death row in Illinois for a double murder he didn’t commit, Nathson Fields was released on bond and bowled over by these abundant fonts of life.
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Jan 11, 2004 · Former Death Row inmates still in prison said they empathize with their victims’ families. Some prisoners even said they support the death penalty, though not for themselves.
Jan 27, 2003 · For eight years, the former death row inmate has lived a sheltered existence in prison - confined alone in a cell for all but 1 1/2 hours a day. He soon begins a new life behind bars, one in general population, where he'll have a cellmate, community showers and, in his mind, less security.
Sep 9, 2021 · Ryan personally reviewed the cases of more than 100 Illinois inmates on death row. He appointed a commission to examine and improve the state's death penalty statute to a point that Illinois would not execute an innocent person, and that commission came back with 85 recommendations for legislation.
Feb 18, 2021 · At least 182 weren’t guilty—their lives upended by a system that nearly killed them. Top row, left to right: Sabrina Smith, Albert Burrell, Shujaa Graham, Joaquín José Martínez Bottom ...
Jul 8, 2021 · Former death row inmate Anthony Porter, in prison for nearly 17 years for a double murder he did not commit, waves outside Cook County Jail after his 1999 release.
