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Illinois Death Row Inmates Granted…

Illinois Death Row Inmates Granted…

Following is the pre­pared text of Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s speech at Northwestern University College of Law before grant­i­ng clemen­cy to all inmates on the state’s death row(NYTimes​.com, January 11,…

— — — — — — – AN ACT relat­ing to the fair and reli­able impo­si­tion of cap­i­tal sen­tences. Be it enact­ed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of…

Prof. Baldus Statement…

New York Times Condemns Capital Prosecution of…

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF…

“Capital Punishment 2001” — The Bureau of Justice Statistics released its annu­al report on the death penal­ty with sta­tis­tics from the pre­vi­ous year. The report con­tained a num­ber of interesting…

Clemency Often Used in the Past to Remedy Injustice In a recent arti­cle in the Chicago Tribune, law Professor Daniel Kobil exam­ined his­tor­i­cal uses of the power of…