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How and Why Illinois Abolished the Death Penalty

2012; University of Minnesota Law School; Volume: 30; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

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Rob Warden,

Legal Systems and Judicial Processes

When Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation ending capital punishment in Illinois on March 9, 2011, he tacitly acknowledged the early rising and late working that preceded the occasion. “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.” That is also the formula for abolishing the death penalty, or at least it is a formula—the one that worked in Illinois.