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Ten years of a Death Penalty Moratorium in Illinois - Governor Has No Plans to Lift it

By "Persian Cowboy"

News from Illinois:Gov. Pat Quinn would maintain Illinois? 10-year moratorium on the death penalty while his Republican opponent, state Sen. Bill Brady, would lift it, the two candidates? campaigns said this week.Their comments come at the same time as the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty released the results of a poll it commissioned showing that a majority of Illinois registered voters prefer some penalty other than death for the crime of murder.The poll also found that fewer than 40 percent of registered voters even know Illinois has a death penalty.?We really view the results as verifying what we already knew,? said Jeremy Schroeder, executive director of the coalition. ?People assume there is a slight preference (for capital punishment)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 17, 2010 (boomark / email).