Illinois Death Penalty

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Governor Candidate Ryan Says Sorry For Wrongfully Putting Two Men On Death Row

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY AND ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan issued his first outright apology Thursday for wrongfully putting two men on Death Row instead of prosecuting the...

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When It Comes to Claims of Actual Innocence, Courts Need to Consider Recantations

John Maki | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago

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You might think that judges would be willing to review convictions based on testimony that was later recanted, but in fact courts frequently ignore recantations.

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Quinn: Keep Death Penalty Moratorium

AP | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's moratorium on capital punishment should continue even as DuPage County prosecutors seek the death pena...

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Brian Dugan Pleads Guilty To 1983 Rape And Murder Of Jeanine Nicarico

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago

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WHEATON, Ill. — A convicted murderer pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 1983 slaying of a 10-year-old girl in a case that helped lead to landmark ref...

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10 Years Since Illinois' Last Execution, Death Penalty Abolition Movement Fights On

Chicago Sun-Times | MAURICE POSSLEY | Posted 04.08.2009 | Chicago

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No one has been put to death in this state in the decade since Kokoraleis died by lethal injection. On Thursday, death penalty opponents -- including ...

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Illinois Keeping Death Penalty Moratorium: Quinn

AP | Posted 03.09.2009 | Chicago

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COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he has no immediate plans to lift the state's moratorium on the death penalty. The Democrat who las...

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A(nother) Beautiful Child is Killed: What Should We Do With Her Murderers?

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.29.2008 | Chicago

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I've seen nothing to suggest that we accomplish much by brutalizing the small and troubled people who commit atrocities. Killing these four gang bangers who murdered Nequiel Fowler does nothing to honor or memorialize this beautiful child.

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