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- DECEMBER 20, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with...
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence went on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Thirty former condemned men from around the United...
Thirty former condemned men from around the United States marched against a biting wind in a 37-mile relay from Joliet to Chicago, Illinois
- DECEMBER 5, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois lawmakers overrode the governor's veto and...
Illinois lawmakers overrode the governor's veto and voted unanimously to make terrorism a death penalty offence in the state
- DECEMBER 5, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois Senate enacted a sweeping...
In Springfield, the Illinois Senate enacted a sweeping law that makes terrorism a death-penalty offense, unanimously snubbing lame-duck Gov
- DECEMBER 4, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Republican-controlled Illinois Senate approved...
The Republican-controlled Illinois Senate approved a watered-down version of Gov
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A group of retired state and federal judges is urging Gov
A group of retired state and federal judges is urging Gov
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated...
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated almost 9 hours before sentencing Dale W
- OCTOBER 28, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois' marathon death penalty clemency hearings...
Illinois' marathon death penalty clemency hearings drew to an end after more than two weeks of gruesome accounts and tearful pleas by victims' families
- OCTOBER 24, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
For nearly two weeks, the details of the most gruesome...
For nearly two weeks, the details of the most gruesome murders in recent Illinois history have been replayed for the public in a marathon set of clemency hearings that death penalty opponents now believe may have backfired and hurt their cause
- OCTOBER 14, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
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- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
At the Kankakee County Courthouse, Marlon Watford,...
At the Kankakee County Courthouse, Marlon Watford, 28, has been given a death sentence for the Sept
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The decision to commute Illinois death sentences to...
The decision to commute Illinois death sentences to life in prison should be "for everybody or for nobody," despite a review board's plan to hear almost 160 separate clemency cases in October, Governor George Ryan said