Tag: Illinois
By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 01:05:52 PM EST
Tags: death penalty, Illinois (all tags)
Posted on Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 01:05:52 PM EST
Tags: death penalty, Illinois (all tags)
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed the bill abolishing the death penalty passed by the legislature in January. He also commuted the sentences of the 15 inmates now on death row to life in prison without parole. The law goes into effect July 1.
Illinois is now the 16th state to abolish the death penalty.
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