Since 1973, at least 200 death row inmates in the United States have been exonerated. Studies suggest 4–12% of those sentenced to death may be innocent. In Illinois alone, 13 inmates were cleared, ...

Gov. Pat Quinn, signing law to repeal the death penalty Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn today inked his name to a measure that repeals the death penalty there – replacing it with life-without-parole as the ...

Lawyer and best-selling novelist Scott Turow's new book is non-fiction: Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflection on Dealing with the Death Penalty. Turow was appointed by former Illinois Governor ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill that would allow firing squad executions for death penalty ...