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Illinois Lt. Gov. Urges Signing Repeal Law

By Steve Hall

"Simon urges Quinn to sign death-penalty repeal," is the title of Chris Wetterich's report for Springfield's State Journal-Register.  Here's an extended excerpt: Gov. Pat Quinn may not have decided whether Illinois should have the death penalty, but his No. 2 has made up her mind: Abolish it. In a letter dated Monday, Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, who served as a prosecutor in Jackson County, urged Quinn to sign Senate Bill 3539, which would abolish the death penalty in all future criminal cases. Simon cited the fact that 20 people who were sentenced to death in Illinois have been freed ?because they were found innocent or the cases against them collapsed.? ?Today, our state is at a crossroads in terms of the use of capital punishment as a deterrent to and punishment for serious crimes,? Simon wrote...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).