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- AUGUST 23, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Cook County the stepfather of a 22-year-old disabled...
In Cook County the stepfather of a 22-year-old disabled woman was sentenced to death by Criminal Court Judge Colleen McSweeney Moore in the woman's beating and starvation death
- JULY 14, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Executioner's Last Songs [song album by the Pine...
The Executioner's Last Songs [song album by the Pine Valley Cosmonauts and guests] was assembled by an all-star cast, headed by a British expat, Jon Langford of the Mekons, to benefit the Illinois Death Penalty Moratorium Project
- MAY 30, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Urdiales, 37, should be executed for the 1996...
Andrew Urdiales, 37, should be executed for the 1996 murders of Lynn Huber, 22, and Laura Uylaki, 25, a Cook County jury decided in the Chicago courtroom of Cook County Circuit Judge Edward Fiala
- MARCH 29, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
2 men sentenced to die by a corrupt judge should receive...
2 men sentenced to die by a corrupt judge should receive a new sentencing hearing, but their convictions will stand, according to a ruling issued by the U
- MARCH 14, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 2, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. George Ryan is considering whether to commute...
Gov. George Ryan is considering whether to commute the sentences of all 163 inmates on Illinois' death row. The moderate Republican acknowledged the possibility in a speech last weekend at a University of Oregon law school symposium
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County judge Edwin Gausselin sentenced 40-year-old...
Cook County judge Edwin Gausselin sentenced 40-year-old Henry Watson to die for the murder of his estranged wife, Sylvia Watson Jones, 38, on Nov
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered new sentencing hearings...
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered new sentencing hearings for 2 death row inmates
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip...
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip anti-terrorism legislation passed last fall that would make terrorism a capital offense in Illinois. The anti-terrorism measure was pushed by Atty
- JANUARY 6, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Judge Donald Hudson sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to...
Judge Donald Hudson sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to death for a shooting spree that left 2 people dead and 16 others injured on April 13 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Illinois does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- DECEMBER 16, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, a death row inmate, says police punched...
Aaron Patterson, a death row inmate, says police punched him and suffocated him with a plastic typewriter cover 15 years ago to get a false confession in the killings of an elderly couple