[net-gold] UNITED STATES: STATES: ILLINOIS: GOVERNMENT : CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND DEATH PENALTY : LAW: LEGISLATION: Illinois Governor Signs Capital Punishment Ban
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- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:26:36 -0500 (EST)
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UNITED STATES: STATES: ILLINOIS: GOVERNMENT :
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND DEATH PENALTY :
LAW: LEGISLATION:
Illinois Governor Signs Capital Punishment Ban
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Illinois Governor Signs Capital Punishment Ban
By JOHN SCHWARTZ and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
Published: March 9, 2011
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/us/10illinois.html
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Illinois became the 16th state to ban capital punishment as Gov. Pat Quinn
on Wednesday signed an abolition bill that the state legislature passed in
January.
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Since our experience has shown that there is no way to design a perfect
death penalty system, free from the numerous flaws that can lead to
wrongful convictions or discriminatory treatment, I have concluded that
the proper course of action is to abolish it, Mr. Quinn said in a
statement.
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At a news conference at the Capitol in Springfield, Mr. Quinn said that
signing the bill was the most difficult decision he had made as governor.
I have concluded, after looking at all the information that I have
received, that it is impossible to create a perfect system one that is
free of all mistakes, he said.
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Mr. Quinn, a Democrat who became governor in 2009 and was elected to a
full term in November, said during the 2010 campaign that he supported the
death penalty when applied carefully and fairly, but added, I am deeply
concerned by the possibility of an innocent person being executed. He had
kept the question of whether he would sign the bill unanswered since it
passed on Jan. 11.
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Illinois experience of trying to fix the death penalty, and finding it
cant be done, sends a real message to other states that are also grappling
with the same problems, said Shari Silberstein, executive director of
Equal Justice USA, a group that opposes capital punishment. Its a real
turning point in the conversation about the death penalty in the United
States.
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But Kent S. Scheidegger, legal director for the Criminal Justice Legal
Foundation, a group that supports the death penalty, called the governors
action a double-cross of the voters of Illinois.
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