Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia, Illinois's state legislature voted to reinstate capital punishment in 1974.

People's Law Office is thrilled and proud that in July of 2011 the State of Illinois became the 16th state to repeal the death penalty in the United States and ...

Governor George H. Ryan today declared a moratorium on executions of any more Illinois Death Row inmates until a Commission he will appoint to conduct a review.

This simple two-page bill, which became Public Act 96-1543, abolishes the death penalty in Illinois and states that a death sentence may not be imposed for any ...

Illinois has had a death penalty since the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which provided for death in cases of treason, murder, arson, horse stealing, ...

Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill into law this week abolishing the death penalty in Illinois, making that state the sixteenth in the nation.

This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977.

5 февр. 2024 г. · In 2011, Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty statewide, announcing moments afterward that “it is impossible to create ...

Illinois will become the 16th state in the USA to ban capital punishment when the law signed by Governor Quinn yesterday comes into effect on 1 July. Не найдено: chicago | Нужно включить: chicago