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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 ...
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois , [ 3 ] and its headquarters are in Springfield .
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.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 people.. Last year marked the 10th anniversary since the 2013 attack, when ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The former Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey could soon be set free, following an appellate court ruling that ...
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Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois.The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3.