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History of the Death Penalty
,Mar 09, 2021
NEWS BRIEF — Illinois Marks 10th Anniversary of Death Penalty Abolition
It has now been ten years since Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill ending the death penalty in Illinois. The abolition bill, signed on March 9, 2011, was the culmination of eleven years of debate after Governor George Ryan imposed a moratorium on executions in 2000 and then issued four pardons and 167 commutations, clearing the state’s death row in…