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- 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
- 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
- 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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Support for Gov
- 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