Death Penalty:	YES, but currently in a moratorium. Former governor George Ryan commuted all death sentences to Life Without Parole before leaving office.
Prohibit Execution of the Mentally Retarded:	NO
Life Without Parole:	YES
Minimum Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty:	18
Executions Since 1976:	12
Innocents Exonerated:	YES (13).
Columbia University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases:	66%
Murder Rate:	8.4 per 100,000 (ranked 8th out of 510
Governor:	Rod Blagojevich, (Democrat),
Public Opinion on the Death Penalty:	To follow.
Organizations Endorsing a Moratorium:	Illinois General Assembly, Human Services Committee Illinois House of Representatives Alliance for Racial Harmony (Macomb) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois (Chicago) American Jewish Committee (Chicago) Amnesty International, Group 296 (Macomb) Ascension Parish, Ascension Renew 2000 (Villa Park) Association of Black Social Workers Association of Chicago Priests Awareness Seekers (Godfrey) Benedictine Sisters (Chicago) Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart (Lisle) Blessed Virgin Mary Great Lakes (BVM), Social Concerns Committee (Chicago) Catholic Theological Union (Chicago) Chicago Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee (Chicago) Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (Chicago) Chicago Council of Lawyers (Chicago) Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus (Chicago) Chicago Tribune (Chicago) Chicago Women-Church (Chicago) Church Women United of Illinois (Carbondale) Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), Illinois Chapter (Chicago) Committee to End Marion Lockdown (Chicago) Community United Church of Christ, Champaign (Champaign) Cook County Bar Association (Chicago) Cook County Public Defender's Office Crossroads Ministry Daughters of St. Mary of Providence (Chicago) DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace & Justice (DeKalb) Dominican Friars, Province of St. Albert the Great, Province Council (Chicago) Eighth Day Center for Justice (Chicago) Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (Chicago) Evanston Ecumenical Action Council (Evanston) Felician Sisters, Chicago Province (Chicago) Fellowship of Southern Illinois Laity (Belleville) First Defense Legal Aid (Chicago) Goody Schleider Co. Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Provincial Council (Techny) Illinois Attorneys for Criminal Justice Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty (Chicago) Illinois Conference of Churches Illinois Moratorium Project Illinois Public Defenders Association Illinois State Medical Society Immaculate Conception Parish, Columbia (Columbia) Interfaith Alliance, Peoria Chapter (Peoria) Jane Addams Hull House (Chicago) John Howard Association (Chicago) Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago (Chicago) Little Flower Church (Springfield) MacArthur Justice Center (Chicago) Macomb Justice and Peace Alliance (Macomb) Mary Katherine Convent (St. Cario) Medical Missionaries of Mary, Chicago (Chicago) Midwest Center for Justice Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, Illinois Chapter National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression Native American Prisoner Support Group New Vision Community (Des Plaines) Not on the Guest List (Chicago) Pax Christi Illinois Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois/Fellowship of Reconciliation (Carbondale) Peoria Catholic Worker (Peoria) Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Sisters Convent (Red Bud) Prairie Fire Organizing Committee Religious Society of Friends, Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting (Urbana) Rockford Urban Ministry (Rockford) Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet (Joliet) Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacred Heart Franciscan Fraternity (Trivoli) School Sisters of Notre Dame, Chicago Province (Berwyn) Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE) (Chicago) Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Chicago) Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate, Joliet (Joliet) Sisters of St. Joseph of LaGrange (LaGrange) Sisters of St. Vincent's Convent, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ (Quincy) Sisters of the Living Word (Arlington Heights) Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Social Concerns Committee (Chicago) Sisters of the Society of Helpers (Chicago) St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Charleston) St. Joseph Catholic Church (Olney) St. Mary Convent, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Sisters, Trenton (Trenton) St. Mary's Convent, Washington Park (Washington Park) Union League Club of Chicago (Chicago) United Church of Christ, Illinois Conference (Westchester) Ursuline Sisters (Springfield) Wellington Ave. United Church of Christ (Chicago) Wesley United Methodist Church, Outreach and Social Concerns Committee (Macomb) Wheaton Franciscans, Leadership Team (Wheaton) Women's Outreach & Resource Center (Chicago)
Organizations Working FOR a Moratorium:	ACLU of Illinois 180 N. Michigan Ave. Ste 2300 Chicago, IL 60601 Ben Wolf-contact 312-201-9740--(day) 312-201-9760--(fax) [email protected] www.aclu-il.org Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Earnest James, Jr.-contact 312-944-3040-(phone) [email protected] Amnesty International-USA Midwest Regional Office* 53 West Jackson Blvd. Suite 731 Chicago, IL 60604 312-427-2060--(day) 312-427-2589--(fax) [email protected] Campaign to End the Death Penalty P.O. Box 25730 Chicago, IL 60625 Marlene Martin-contact 773-955-4841--(day) 773-665-9651--(fax) www.nodeathpenalty.org Capital Litigation Division Office of State Appellate Defender 600 West Jackson Blvd. Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60661 Marshall Hartman-contact 312-814-5100--(day) 312-814-5951--(fax) Center for Wrongful Convictions 357 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 Larry Marshall-contact 312-503-7412-phone 312-943-7896-(fax) [email protected] Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty 180 North Michigan Ave. Suite 2300 Chicago, IL 60601 Rev. George Brooks, Jane Bohman-contact 312-849-2279--(day) 312-201-9760--(fax), http://www.icadp.org
Clemency:	The Governor has clemency authority over all offenses. The Governor receives non-binding recommendations from the State Prisoner Review Board. This Board consists of a panel of three members.
Who Decides Sentence:	Jury
Method of Execution:	Lethal injection

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