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In Illinois

By Steve Hall

"Death penalty debate to come to a head in Illinois," is the title of Kevin McDermott's post at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Proponents of abolishing the death penalty in Illinois say they may have the votes to do it before the new General Assembly is seated a week from Wednesday. ``We've got to get it done this week,'' a lobbyist for the Illinois Caolition to Abolish the Death Penalty told us this morning. The timing is important for two reasons: The abolition bill has already gone through the committee process in the House and is awaiting a floor vote, and the whole process would have to start over again if it isn't done before the Jan. 12 seating of the new General Assembly. And the the makeup of that GA will a little more conservative than it is now, with Democrats still controlling both chambers, but by smaller margins...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).