Illinois
State update
Link to Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Link to death penalty statute
Link to execution statute
Date death penalty reenacted
July 1, 1974
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
Defendant can also receive the death penalty for treason
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Pontiac (Women: Dwight)
Clemency process
The governor has the authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice of the Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
Not specified
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
19
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- Perry Cobb, 1987
- Darby (Williams) Tillis, 1987
- Rolando Cruz, 1995
- Alejandro Hernandez, 1995
- Joseph Burrows, 1996
- Verneal Jimerson, 1996
- Dennis Williams, 1996
- Gary Gauger, 1996
- Carl Lawson, 1996
- Anthony Porter, 1999
- Stephen Smith, 1999
- Ronald Jones, 1999
- Steve Manning, 2000
- Aaron Patterson, 2003
- Madison Hobley, 2003
- Leroy Orange, 2003
- Stanley Howard, 2003
- Gordon "Randy" Steidl, 2004
- Nathson Fields, 2009
