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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.
Capital punishment has been repealed in the U.S. state of Illinois since 2011.. Illinois used death by hanging as a form of execution until 1928. The last person executed by this method was the public execution of Charles Birger the same year.
Illinois, Colorado: 1966–1982: 3+ Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois [39] [40] John Wayne Gacy: Norwood Park: 1972–1978: 33-45: Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men and boys [41] [42] Robert Ben Rhoades: Texas, Illinois: 1975–1990: 3 ...
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Andrew Kokoraleis was sentenced to death for his part in the crimes and was executed by lethal injection in 1999. He was the last person executed in Illinois before the state's death penalty ...
Two students at Southern Illinois University were killed Monday in a head-on collision in Carbondale. Wolfgang W. Gustaveson, 19, of Park Ridge, and Francis M. Martinez, 18, of Des Plaines ...
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin stated that his "thoughts are with the family and loved ones of Sonya Massey" and "The Illinois State Police conducted a thorough investigation of Sonya's tragic death, and the Sangamon County State's Attorney brought the necessary charges in a timely way." [40]
Capital punishment in Illinois (2 C, 12 P) Death in Chicago (2 C, 3 P) D. Deaths in Illinois (8 C) M. Murder in Illinois (7 C, 16 P)