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"Illinois death penalty decision leaves uncertainty"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this effective piece from the Chicago Tribune article providing the latest update concerning the limbo state of the death penalty in Illinois.  Here is how the piece starts: Ten years after Illinois halted executions, the uncertainty over Gov. Pat Quinn's pending decision on whether to end capital punishment for good raises a number of questions about the state's current death penalty cases and the 15 men on death row. A bill recently passed by the state House and Senate would abolish the death penalty as of July 1, but there are no guarantees the governor will sign it.  Quinn supports the death penalty but has also kept in place the moratorium on capital punishment instituted by a predecessor, former Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 17, 2011 (boomark / email).