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May 7, 2021 · Ten years ago, Illinois abolished the death penalty. The moment of abolition, effected by then-Governor Pat Quinn with a stroke of the pen, capped years of advocacy by a wide range of stakeholders.
- Juliet Sorensen
about the death penalty and explains how and why he reached his epic decisions to halt executions and ultimately to clear Illinois’ death row. No issue weighed more heavily on Ryan than the ever-looming threat that the death penalty would claim the life of an innocent person.
Mar 5, 2021 · UPDATED: March 5, 2021 at 11:29 p.m. Ten years ago Tuesday at a somber, sparsely attended event in his office in the state Capitol, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn ended nearly two months of suspense...
Nov 19, 2021 · Stitt's commutation of Jones, who was convicted for a first-degree carjacking murder in one of the most reliably pro-death penalty states, is but the latest troubling data pointing toward the...
Sep 20, 2021 · About six-in-ten (63%) say the death penalty does not deter people from committing serious crimes, and nearly eight-in-ten (78%) say there is some risk that an innocent person will be executed.” July 19, 2021. PRO (yes) Pro.
Dec 3, 2022 · According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 22 individuals were exonerated from death row in Illinois — nearly twice the number that were executed, 12 — after the death penalty was reinstated in the 1970s. (Illinois ended capital punishment in 2011.)
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Capital punishment has been repealed in the U.S. state of Illinois since 2011. Illinois used death by hanging as a form of execution until 1928. The last person executed by this method was the public execution of Charles Birger the same year.
