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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.
Minister, newspaper editor, and abolitionist killed by a pro-slavery mob, became a martyr to the abolitionist cause [59] Killing of Joseph Smith: Carthage: 1844-06-27: 2: Founder of Latter Day Saint movement killed along with his brother by a mob [60] [61] [62] Lynching of Samuel J. Bush: Decatur: 1893-06-03: 1: Black day-laborer accused of ...
A 60-year-old man is wounded and an accused robber is dead following a shootout in Chicago, according to Illinois police. The shooting happened on the morning of Friday, March 8, on the city’s ...
Body camera footage of a March police shooting that killed a 57-year-old man and a 4-year-old boy has been released by police in Macomb, Illinois.
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The Tamms Correctional Center is a closed Illinois Department of Corrections prison located in Tamms, Illinois. [1] Prior to its 2013 closure, the prison housed people in two sections: (1) a 200-bed minimum security facility, opened in 1995, and (2) a 500-bed supermax facility known as the Closed Maximum Security Unit ("CMAX"), opened in 1998, that housed people defined by the prison ...
Not all jails responded, and we almost certainly missed deaths at smaller jails and police holding facilities. We are continuing to research and will update this page with deaths as we uncover them. If you know of someone who died while in jail or police custody between July 13, 2015, and July 13, 2016, you can contact us using this form.
Body camera video was released this week of a March 16 police shooting that killed an Illinois man and the 4-year-old boy he was holding hostage.