Death Penalty Information - ILLINOIS

General Information and Current or Former cases

• Eric Zorn on the Death Penalty
• Status of "Dupage 7"/Cruz Wrongful Prosecution Trial
• Statistics about Illinois' Death Row
• Death Row Inmates/Illinois, 1977-87
• Death Row Inmates/Illinois, 1990
• Walter Stewart (Pending: DP & Redistricting)
• Guinevere Garcia (Commutation)

Illinois Wrongful Convictions Since 1985

• Wrongful Capital Conviction in Illinois

Illinois Executions Since 1990

• 12. Andrew Kokoraleis, March, 1999
• 11. Lloyd Wayne Hampton, January, 1998
• 10. Durlyn Eddmonds (Double exec: November, '97)
• 9. Walter Stewart (Double exec: November, '97)
• 8. Ray Stewart (September, '96)
• 7. George Delvechio (November, '95)
• 6. Charles Albanese (September, '95)
• 5. Girvies Davis (May, '95)
• 4. Hernando Williams March '95)
• 3. First Double Exec in 57 years - James Free Jr. (March '95)
• 2. John Wayne Gacy (May, '94)
• 1. Charles Walker (September, '90)

Information on "wrongful executions" and Prosecutions

• List of wrongful capital Convictions in Illinois
• 9 Ill. Wrongful Murder Convictions (Chic Trib, '97)
• Wrongful Murder Convictions
• Excerpts from Chic. Trib's Eric Zorn on Rolando Cruz (Ill., '95)

Death Penalty Legislation in Illinois

• Illinois Bill for "Execution Rights" Proposed
• Response to Cutting Federal Subsidy Death Penalty Appeals

Miscellaneous Illinois Information

Summary of Anti-DP Northwestern U. Conference (Nov '98)