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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.
Location Date Deaths Description Sources Lively massacre: Washington County: 1813: 3: Native Americans killed John Lively, his wife and their children [1] Indian Creek massacre: LaSalle County: 1832-05-21: 15: Attack by Native Americans on white settlers after settlers built a dam that prevented fish from reaching Potawatomi village [2] St ...
Mexican authorities have said two men killed at the parade were "natives of the country." [4] One of these was a 78-year-old Mexican grandfather who was visiting family in the area, and another was a 69-year-old man. [4] [21] [22] Three Jewish victims that were killed were a 63-year-old woman, an 88-year-old grandfather, and a 35-year-old woman.
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.
On March 27, 2024, four people were killed and seven others were injured in a mass stabbing in and near Rockford, Illinois, with the fatalities entailing two men, a woman, and a 15-year-old girl. A suspect, 22-year-old Christian Ivan Soto, of Rockford, was taken into custody and charged with several counts of first-degree murder , attempted ...
Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum security facility built in 2001 near Thomson, Illinois, was sold by the state to the federal government in 2012, and was subsequently renamed the Administrative United States Penitentiary, Thomson (AUSP Thomson). In January 2019, the prison facility was fully activated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The prison was fully activated in January 2019 and as of March 2020, the prison had an inmate population of 1,067. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In June 2019, the prison crossed the 400 employee mark with an authorization to hire 200 more over the next few years as inmate population continues to ramp up. [ 8 ]
The shooting occurred at about 10:40 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), near a McDonald's establishment on the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago. [5] [6] The incident occurred a few blocks from the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district. The shooting happened as a result of an altercation outside the McDonald's restaurant. [5]