List of people executed in Illinois

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This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977. All were executed by lethal injection.

Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.

List of people executed in Illinois[]

Number Name Date of Execution Victim(s) Governor
1 Charles Walker September 12, 1990 Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker James R. Thompson
2 John Wayne Gacy May 10, 1994 See: List of Victims of John Wayne Gacy James Edgar
3 James P. Free, Jr.[1][2] March 22, 1995 Bonnie Serpico
4 Hernando Williams Linda Goldstone
5 Girvies Davis May 17, 1995 Charles Biebel, John Oertel, Frank Cash, and Esther Sepmeyer
6 Charles Albanese September 20, 1995 Michael Albanese, Marion Mueller, and Mary Lambert
7 George Del Vecchio November 22, 1995 Tony Conzoneri
8 Raymond Lee Stewart September 18, 1996 Willie Fredd, Albert Pearson, Kevin Kaiser, Kenny Faust, Richard Boeck, and Donald Rains
9 Walter Stewart November 19, 1997 Thomas Paviopoulos and Dinalo Rodica
10 Durlyn Eddmonds Richard Lee Miller
11 Lloyd Wayne Hampton January 21, 1998[3] Roy Pendleton
12 Andrew Kokoraleis March 17, 1999[4] Lorraine Ann Borowski George Ryan

Abolition of death penalty[]

Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation on March 9, 2011, to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Terry, Don (23 March 1995). "2 Executions In Illinois, Rarity There". The New York Times.
  2. ^ article, Susan Kuczka and Gary Marx, Tribune Staff Writers Tribune reporters Janan Hanna, Christi Parsons and Suzy Frisch contributed to this. "DUPAGE KILLER EXECUTED". chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ This was the last execution held at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
  4. ^ This was the first execution held at the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms.
  5. ^ "Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life". Chicago Tribune. March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
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