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An Illinois House committee Monday discussed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to reinstate the death penalty for mass shooters and for those who murder police…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun bill, simultaneously proposing more gun control than the original bill called for while…
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Earlier this week Governor Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto of gun legislation and added his own ideas, including a plan to reinstate the death…
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Illinois repealed capital punishment in 2011. Four years and scores of horrific crimes later, a state legislator wants to bring it back. Sen. Bill Haine.…
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Gov. Pat Quinn said his decision to abolish the death penalty in Illinois was driven by the need to eliminate any chance that an innocent person could be…
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The topic of the death penalty is always weighty. Fear, morality, religious beliefs, often-shocking violence, the mourning of victims’ families and our…
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Scott Turow suspects the death penalty will be abolished in this country, eventually. But the Chicago attorney and best-selling author concludes political…
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The bill to abolish the death penalty was not called for a vote on the House floor. Rep. Art Turner, the sponsor, says he simply couldn’t muster the votes…
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Charles Walker went first. Each of us who watched him die on that September morning in 1990 had our own reasons for being there.As a Statehouse reporter…
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When Gov. George Ryan suspended Illinois executions more than two years ago, he cited the failure of this state’s capital punishment system to prevent…