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.[1] All were executed by lethal injection. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio.[2]
Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.
GovernorPat 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]
^The 4 victims were: Charles Biebel, John Oertel, Frank Cash, and Esther Sepmeyer.
^the 6 victims were: Willie Fredd, Albert Pearson, Kevin Kaiser, Kenny Faust, Richard Boeck, and Donald Rains, the latter 2 victims were killed in Wisconsin.
^article, Susan Kuczka and Gary Marx, Tribune Staff Writers Tribune reporters Janan Hanna, Christi Parsons and Suzy Frisch contributed to this (22 March 1995). "DUPAGE KILLER EXECUTED". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)