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"Prosecutors fear losing death penalty in Illinois"

By Douglas A. Berman

A fast internet connection and a break in the great Toledo symposium panels provides me with an opportunity to link to this interesting new Chicago Tribune article which shares a headline with the title of this post.  Here is an excerpt that really caught my attention:  Across the state, prosecutors fear that with the stroke of a pen Gov. Pat Quinn could make their jobs harder if he agrees to sign a measure that would outlaw the death penalty, sparing the 15 inmates on the state's death row and the defendants who prosecutors want to put there.  As Quinn weighs the matter, saying he wants to "follow my conscience" and consult widely, the states' attorneys say the move would rob them of an important bargaining chip -- the threat of death to get guilty pleas from suspects who opt for life in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 18, 2011 (boomark / email).