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News Coverage of the Illinois Senate Vote; Bill to Governor's Desk

By Steve Hall

Yesterday's Senate vote and last week's House vote on SB 3539 are available in Adobe .pdf format. "Ill. governor weighs bill to abolish death penalty," is the updated AP report, via Google News. Illinois again finds itself at the center of the death penalty debate as advocates on both sides wait to hear whether Gov. Pat Quinn will support abolishing capital punishment in a state that had 170 people awaiting execution less than a decade ago. Lawmakers on Tuesday sent legislation repealing the death penalty to the Democratic governor, who supports capital punishment but has upheld an 11-year moratorium on executions imposed by a predecessor amid a spate of wrongful convictions. Already wrapped up in a massive state income tax increase that could sully his political future, Quinn wouldn't say whether he would sign the bill after the Senate approved it 32-25...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 12, 2011 (boomark / email).