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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.
Jail Deaths By State. The Department of Justice publishes annual counts of jail fatalities by state, but 2013 is the last year for which such data is available. This graphic allows you to browse by state to see how our 2015-16 numbers compare with the DOJ's tallies from previous years.
As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 death row inmates in the United States, including 46 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
The State Journal-Register – Springfield; The ... Terence A. Tanner Collection at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections at the University of Illinois Library ...
Donna Taylor of Springfield bows her head in prayer at a memorial for Sonya Massey at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on Aug. 14, 2024. It also marked the 116th anniversary of the start of the ...
The Springfield Police Department said that at 7:16 a.m., officers were called to 3rd and Belmont after it was reported a man was found lying on the ground. When they arrived, they found the man ...
Springfield: 1871-04-29: Illinois Secretary of State, redesigned state seal, assassinated outside his home [74] Jimmy Elliott: Chicago: 1883-03-01: Former world heavyweight boxing champion, shot by a gambler in a saloon [75] Patrick Henry Cronin: Chicago: 1889-05-04: Irish republican doctor murdered by affiliates of Clan na Gael: Carter ...
The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamo Journal by William Bailhache and Edward Baker, and describes itself as "the oldest newspaper in Illinois". As such, it and its editor, Edward L. Baker, supported the political career of the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln in the years before the American Civil War; in fact, it was in the Journal ' s office that Lincoln and his friends waited ...