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Commentary on the Illinois Veto Session

By Steve Hall

There is a great deal of commentary and news coverage of the Illinois General Assembly Veto Session, as a possible vote to repeal the state's death penalty draws near.  Let's begin with two opinion pieces. "Illinois' broken death penalty deserves elimination," is the title of Irene Pritzker's OpEd in today's Peoria Journal Star.   Pritzker is the President of the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria. The League of Women Voters is one of many organizations that has worked to see an end to Illinois' death penalty. The League's position was adopted after thorough member study and consensus. In Illinois, we have found particular reason to be concerned. In 2000, when 13 innocent men were discovered on Death Row, then-Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).