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- JANUARY 20, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Governor signs death penalty reforms At the same time...
Governor signs death penalty reforms At the same time he signed into law a sweeping reform of Illinois' death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois does forbid the execution of the mentally...
Illinois does forbid the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- DECEMBER 15, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Less than a year after being released from death row,...
Less than a year after being released from death row, Aaron Patterson is running for the Legislature with a pledge to change some of the laws he says wrongly put him behind bars
- OCTOBER 2, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Former Gov
Former Gov
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
When Illinois lawmakers decided to overhaul the state's...
When Illinois lawmakers decided to overhaul the state's death penalty system, they included a strong message to police officers: Lie on the stand and lose your badge
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Ryan's clemencies challenged----32 cases were ineligible,...
Ryan's clemencies challenged----32 cases were ineligible, Supreme Court told Months after former Gov
- AUGUST 5, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Toulon, Stark County judge Scott Shore sentenced...
In Toulon, Stark County judge Scott Shore sentenced Curtis Thompson, 61, to death for the March 2002 murders of Stark County deputy Adam Streicher, and James and Janet Giesenhagen
- JULY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment,...
Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment, signs death-penalty reform -- Police must now tape all statements of murder suspects. Police departments have 2 years to begin recording interrogations and confessions in murder cases under a death-penal
- MAY 29, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the state legislature gave final approval...
In Springfield, the state legislature gave final approval to sweeping safeguards designed to prevent errors in death penalty cases and restore credibility to Illinois' criminal justice system
- MAY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Major changes in capital punishment in Illinois continue...
Major changes in capital punishment in Illinois continue their march through the General Assembly
- MARCH 28, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation...
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation that would limit the governor's power to grant blanket clemency
- MARCH 6, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
An Illinois House committee voted to abolish the death...
An Illinois House committee voted to abolish the death penalty, raising the stakes in the long debate over how to respond to flaws in the state's capital punishment system