ICADP IN THE NEWS

  • 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
  • Death penalty gets no boost from Brown's; By Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2007

    Death penalty looms as case nears close; By Eric Herman, Staff Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times, May 9, 2007

  • Costs of Ramsey retrial add up; By Rodney Hart, Herald-Whig Staff Writer, April 15, 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, October 14, 2006

  • No death penalty for accused; Court won't pursue capital punishment in Curless case; By John Sharp, Peoria Journal Star, September 23, 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

  • Court ruling could complicate death penalty cases, By Matt Adrian, Bloomintgon Pantagraph, June 13, 2006

  • Report: Treatment of mental illnesses could reduce Illinois death penalty cases; By Mema Ayi, Chicago Defender, February 8, 2006

  • Is the death penalty dead in Illinois? By Seth Goldstein and Andrew Harmon, Chicago Defender, March 17, 2006

  • Advocates: Mentally retarded need greater protection in death penalty cases; by Kevin Royko and Daniel Welch, Chicago Defender, December 22, 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

  • Death Penalty debate ongoing; by Jan Dennis, Associated Press, Pantagraph.com, August 15, 2005