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Does chicago have the death penalty?

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Abolition of death penalty Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation on March 9, 2011, to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. Quinn also commuted the death sentences of the fifteen inmates on Illinois' death row to life imprisonment. read more

The Illinois legislature passed a death penalty reinstatement bill in 1973, following the Supreme Court's decision to strike down all existing death penalty laws in 1972. That law took effect on July 1, 1974, but was struck down by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1975. read more

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