Illinois Senate Approves Ban on Death Penalty

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/us/12death.html

After more than a decade of debate over whether the state’s system of
capital punishment could ever be fair, state lawmakers voted on Tuesday to
end the death penalty in Illinois.

The move, which came only hours before a new group of lawmakers takes office
in Springfield on Wednesday, leaves the future of capital punishment to the
Democratic governor, Patrick J. Quinn, who has not indicated whether he will
sign the legislation. If Mr. Quinn agrees to the ban, Illinois will join 15
other states without capital punishment.

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