April 8 – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Professor Timothy O’Neill authored article
On March 9, Gov. Patrick J. Quinn signed into law legislation repealing the death penalty in Illinois. So ends an ignominious, 34-year period that cost taxpayers untold millions of dollars. The final score? Almost twice the number of death row exonerations as opposed to death row executions (20 to 12, to be exact).
Predictably, nine days later on March 18, the Chicago Tribunepublished an op-ed article from an Illinois state legislator advocating a new death penalty law. But this time — Scout’s honor — it will only be for the “worst of the worst” murders.
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