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He became the first person to be executed in Illinois since 1962. John Wayne Gacy – Serial killer and rapist convicted of the murders and rapes of 33 boys and young men in 1980. Transferred from the Menard Correctional Center to Stateville Correctional Center for execution by lethal injection on May 9, 1994, and declared dead at 12:58 a.m ...
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.
On September 12, 1990, Walker was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center. He was the first person to be executed in Illinois in over twenty-eight years. [ 14 ] His last meal consisted of fried wild rabbit, biscuits, and blackberry pie. [ 15 ]
Illinois State Sen. Sally Turner, R-Beason (left) and Rep. Bill Hauter, R-Morton, have called the proposed demolition of the Logan Correctional Center "devastating and infuriating" seen here on ...
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966.
The Illinois Department of Corrections and the state Capital Development Board, which oversees the design and construction of state facilities, have tapped the Chicago engineering and construction ...
Illinois must move most of the inmates at its 100-year-old prison within less than two months because of decrepit conditions, a federal judge ruled. The Illinois Department of Corrections said ...
On July 13, 1979, Davis and Holman shot 83-year-old Esther Sepmeyer, a blind woman, execution-style as she was kneeling in front of her bed, praying for her life. Her grandson, Rodney Sepmeyer, found her body. A lawnmower, a replica antique radio, a stereo, a color TV, and a .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle were stolen.