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the 1977 Illinois capital punishment statute was in excess of 6%. Following Cobb and Tillis was Joe Burrows, who had been sentenced to death for the 1988 armed robbery and murder of an eighty-eight-year-old farmer in Iroquois County.
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May 7, 2021 · In the aftermath of 13 federal executions during President Donald Trump’s final months in office, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have indicated that they support reinstating the moratorium on federal capital punishment.
- Juliet Sorensen
14-member Death Penalty Moratorium Commission to study Illinois’ capital-punishment system. He asked the Commission to make recommendations “designed to further ensure the application and administration of the death penalty in Illinois is just, fair, and accurate” (p 77).
May 15, 2018 · State lawmakers pass a historic death penalty reform package that includes a ban on capital punishment for defendants with IQs of less than 75.
When Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation ending capital punishment in Illinois on March 9, 2011, he tacitly acknowledged the early rising and late working that preceded the occasion.
- Rob Warden
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Mar 5, 2021 · Ten years ago Tuesday at a somber, sparsely attended event in his office in the state Capitol, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn ended nearly two months of suspense by signing a bill that abolished the...
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Jan 11, 2023 · In addition to Illinois, ten other states have abolished the death penalty in the 20 years since the mass commutation in 2003. Governors in several states have also taken more proactive roles in curbing capital punishment without abolishing it.
