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News about the Death Penalty Click here for ICADP in the News Newspaper Articles, Editorials, Columns about the Death Penalty Executions Resume, as Do Questions of Fairness; By Shaila Dewan, New York Times, May 7, 2008 After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions; By Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, May 3, 2008 Executions and cruelty; Chicago Tribune Editorial, April 23, 2008 Group urges end to Illinois death penalty; Flawed system called expensive, arbitrary; By Azam Ahmed, Chicago Tribune reporter, March 7, 2008 Study: Death penalty flaws still exist; Group wants lawmakers to abolish capital punishment in Illinois; By Christy Gutowski, Daily Herald, March 7, 2008 Time for state to join civilized world and end death penalty; By Burt Constable, Daily Herald Columnist, February 28, 2008 Trial costs vary in death penalty cases; By Nicholas J.C. Pistor, Kathleen Haughney and William C. Lhotka, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 22, 2008 Our Opinion: Do not resume executions; Springfield Journal-Register, February 19, 2008 Moratorium good; end of death penalty is better; Rockford Register Star, February 19, 2008 Jury: Life, not death penalty, for Smith in quadruple slayings; By Jennifer A. Bowen and Rickeena J. Richards, Belleville News-Democrat, February 2, 2008 Justice still served; Belleville News-Democrat Editorial, February 4. 2008 Our Opinion: Abolish death penalty; Springfield State Journal-Register, December 23, 2007 A Pause From Death; New York Times Editorial, December 20, 2007 New Jersey Moves to End Its Death Penalty; By Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, December 14, 2007 Chicago Council of Lawyers issues Death Penalty Abolition Statement Ending Capital Punishment----Close death row; Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial, November 30, 2007 N.J. leaders trying to end death penalty; Philadelphia Inquirer, November 25, 2007 Commentary, Daily Record, Morris County, NJ, BY JIM O'BRIEN, Sunday, November 25, 2007 Death penalty wastes money, while failing to reduce crime; By Norm Stamper, San Jose Mercury News, November 19, 2007 Texas executions reap heavy toll on prison staff; Agence France Presse, November 6, 2007 Capital Cases Stall as Costs Grow Daunting; By Shaila Dewan and Brenda Goodman, New York Times, November 4, 2007 It’s Not Whether to Kill, but How; By Elizabeth Weil, New York Times, November 4, 2007 Death penalty doomed? ---- Slowdown in executions offers nationwide chance to test public attitudes; Associated Press, November 3, 2007 West Memphis Three: A closer look at the trials and new evidence; AIT 8 News, November 2, 2007 The unreformed death penalty; Chicago Tribune editorial, November 1, 2007 Put away all the death penalty machinery; Detroit Free Press, November 1, 2007 Lawyers' Group: Halt Executions; October 29, 2007 Illinois death penalty trial delayed; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 26, 2007 Perry spares inmate set to die today; By Lisa Sandberg, Houston Chronicle, Austin Bureau, Aug. 30, 2007 State fund helps pay for death penalty cases; By Mary Schenk, Champaign News-Gazette, Aug 12, 2007 Pending death penalty case resolved with life without parole; A Cook County judge has spared the life of the man who killed his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in Prospect Heights three years ago; By Steve Zalusky, Daily Herald, August 7, 2007 Author describes pressure on defender in capital cases; By Theresa Churchill, Herald & Review Senior Writer, May 11, 2007 Congress should ban death penalty; By U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, (D-Wis.), April 3, 2007 Abolish the death penalty; Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2007 Executions halted as doctors balk; By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer, March 21, 2007 Abolitionists see victory in view; Inter Press Service News Agency, March 19, 2007 How do people find the strength to forgive? By Barbara Brotman, Chicago Tribune, March 18, 2007 Montana Senate votes to abolish death penalty; By The Associated Press, The Billings Gazette, February 23, 2007 Why I Oppose the Death Penalty; By Martin O'Malley, Washington Post, February 21, 2007 Death penalty's flaws kill any hint of justice; By Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 8, 2007 Sheriff: Recorder forgotten during Hamm interview; By Edith Brady-Lunny, Pantagraph Publishing, December 14, 2006 DISPATCH FROM THE GALLOWS; Infamous Piece of Chicago History Goes on the Block; By Kari Lydersen, Washington Post Staff Writer, October 31, 2006 Death penalty reform falls short in VA., study finds; Richmond Times-Dispatch, Oct. 14, 2006 No death penalty for accused; Court won't pursue capital punishment in Curless case; By John Sharp, Peoria Journal Star, Sept. 23, 2006 How much do we owe exonerated inmates? By Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, Aug. 17, 2006 Plea spares killer death penalty; By SANFORD J. SCHMIDT, The Telegraph, Aug. 1. 2006 If you lose, you get death; Prosecutor uses death penalty to leverage plea bargains; By Adam Kovac, Daily Herald Staff Writer, July 18, 2006 Plea agreement elimates lengthy trial; By Jan Dennis, Associated Press, July 2006 Not in the name of justice; The criminal justice system is too deeply flawed to entrust with the decision to kill a particular person in order to make a point; By Jack Fuller, a former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, July 3, 2006 Wisconsin puts death to a vote; Referendum may help end 150-year ban on executions; By Tim Jones Tribune national correspondent, June 19, 2006 Court ruling could complicate death penalty cases;By Matt Adrian, Bloomintgon Pantagraph, June 13, 2006 Wrongfully convicted man calls death penalty 'barbaric'; By Aracely Hernandez Is the death penalty dead in Illinois? By Seth Goldstein and Andrew Harmon, Chicago Defender, March 17, 2006 Report: Treatment of mental illnesses could reduce Illinois death penalty cases; By Mema Ayi, Chicago Defender, February 8, 2006 Alito parts with conservatives on execution; Reuters, Feb. 2, 2006 Alito Votes to Stay Missouri Execution; Associated Press, Feb. 2, 2006 Justice can be served without death penalty; Aurora Beacon-News, January 23, 2006 Advocates: Mentally retarded need greater protection in death penalty cases; by Kevin Royko and Daniel Welch, Chicago Defender, December 22, 2005 Death Penalty debate ongoing; by Jan Dennis, Associated Press, Pantagraph.com, August 15, 2005 Illinois should abolish the death penalty; by Jane T. Bohman, Executive director, Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Voice of the People, Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2005 Mystery lurks: Killer at large; DNA clears father in slaying of girl, 3; Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2005 Catholic Bishops Seek to End Executions; By Ken Kusmer, Associated Press Writer, March 22, 2005 Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers; By DAVID STOUT, New York Times, March 1, 2005 Death penalty flaws remain; Blagojevich, panel in no apparent hurry; By Hal Dardick,Tribune staff reporter, February 17, 2005 Jury awards $6.6 million to man 'framed' by FBI; 'It's a long, long way from Death Row'; By Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune staff reporter, January 24, 2005 Death sentences, executions decline; Still, public backs capital punishment, By Steve Mills, Tribune staff reporter, December 31, 2004 Texas man executed on disproved forensics; Fire that killed his 3 children could have been accidental; By Steve Mills and Maurice Possley,Tribune staff reporters, December 9, 2004 Is it time to rethink the death penalty? By Bill Kurtis, Star-Ledger (New Jersey), November 21, 2004 Justice Dept. Reports a 30-Year Low in Death Sentences and Fewer Inmates on Death Row; New York Times, By Associated Press, November 15, 2004 Man walks off death row: 'I'm not bitter'; Justice finally arrives for inmate after '87 conviction in fatal fire; Dallas Morning News By Dave Michaels, October 6, 2004 Governor gives a more personal response; By Sara Hooker, Daily Herald Staff Writer, June 8, 2004 Jury in Ill. returns inmate to death row; By Eric Ferkenhoff, Globe Correspondent, May 25, 2004 Federal inmate Hammer won't be executed today; By Tim Evans, June 8, 2004 State to free 18th person who was on Death Row; '86 case has long been controversial By Steve Mills, Tribune staff reporter, May 27, 2004 Gov, Jones told not to raid special funds; By Dave McKinney and Leslie Griffy, Sun-Times Springfield Bureau, May 22, 2004 Federal inmate decides to fight death sentence; Attorneys for David Paul Hammer say his flip-flop decision shows he is mentally ill, should not be executed; By Fred Kelly, May 17, 2004 Brown's case lawyers push death penalty fight; By Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune, April 29, 2004 Spared killer could still face death; Spared once, not out of the woods; By Jeff Coen, Tribune staff reporter, April 25, 2004 IQ knocks out death penalty; Defendant found mentally retarded; By Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune, April 20, 2004 Former Illinois Governor Urges World Halt Executions; New York Times, By REUTERS, April 19, 2004 Ryan rips 'corrupt system', By Michele Steinbacher, Pantagraph, April 9, 2004 18 years later, justice poised to be served; By Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2004 State to pay wrongfully convicted; 9 former inmates to split $1 million; by Molly Parker, Chicago Tribune staff reporter, March 7, 2004 Executing the mentally ill; Meaningless distinction leaves Corcoran on death role; by Joe Beck, The Journal Gazette, February 29, 2004 Guilty until proven innocent; by David Anderson, Pulse of the Twin Cities, February 27, 2004 Democratic hopefuls vary a bit on death penalty; By David Mendel, Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2004 Prosecutor trick cited as new trial is ordered; By Steve Mills and Maurice Possley; Chicago Tribune, February 10, 2004 Schizophrenic killer gets 60-day reprieve; Texas' handling of mentally ill again in spotlight; By Janet Elliott, Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau, February 5, 2004 2 will not face death penalty; Couple accused in kids' drownings; Associated Press, January 27, 2004
Ryan clemencies upheld; State Supreme Court settles dispute over Death Row commutations, By Steve Mills, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Karen Mellen contributed to this report; January 24, 2004 Death penalty skips '03; No one sentenced to die in Cook County for first time since '77, By Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune staff reporter, January 2, 2004 Note: For articles running before 2004, go to our Facts & Information Page and click on News Archive. Press Releases, Statements, Alerts Click here to read the summary from "Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty" by Richard C. Dieter. The complete report is available at www.deathpenaltyinfo.org The Illinois Supreme Court issues a unanimous decision to uphold commutations granted to death row inmates by then-Governor George Ryan in January 2003.The ruling was issued on January 23, 2004 NCADP statement: 111 and counting: More innocent people walk off death row as new cases break in Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, July 28, 2003
Statement on the Continuation of a Moratorium on Executions in Illinois by Russ Feingold, United States Senator, D-Wisconsin, April 30, 2003
Need for reflection on Human Rights Day": News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International USA, 2002
Abolishing the death penalty: not if, but when; by Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death PenaltyPraise for Governor Ryan's historic actions Contact Us You can contact us about our programs at: |
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