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.
List of people executed in Illinois
edit| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Walker | White | 50 | M | September 12, 1990 | Lethal injection | Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker | James R. Thompson |
| 2 | John Wayne Gacy | White | 52 | M | May 10, 1994 | 33 murder victims[a] | James Edgar | |
| 3 | James P. Free Jr.[3][4] | White | 41 | M | March 22, 1995 | Bonnie Serpico | ||
| 4 | Hernando Williams | Black | 40 | M | Linda Goldstone | |||
| 5 | Girvies Davis | Black | 37 | M | May 17, 1995 | 4 murder victims[b] | ||
| 6 | Charles Albanese | White | 58 | M | September 20, 1995 | Michael Albanese, Marion Mueller, and Mary Lambert | ||
| 7 | George Del Vecchio | White | 47 | M | November 22, 1995 | Tony Conzoneri | ||
| 8 | Raymond Lee Stewart | Black | 44 | M | September 18, 1996 | 6 murder victims[c] | ||
| 9 | Walter Stewart | Black | 42 | M | November 19, 1997 | Thomas Paviopoulos and Dinalo Rodica | ||
| 10 | Durlyn Eddmonds | Black | 42 | M | Richard Lee Miller | |||
| 11 | Lloyd Wayne Hampton | White | 44 | M | January 21, 1998[d] | Roy Pendleton | ||
| 12 | Andrew Kokoraleis | White | 35 | M | March 17, 1999[e] | Lorraine Ann Borowski | George Ryan |
Abolition of death penalty
editGovernor Pat Quinn signed legislation on March 9, 2011, to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole.[5]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ See: List of Victims of John Wayne Gacy
- ^ The 4 victims were: Charles Biebel, John Oertel, Frank Cash, and Esther Sepmeyer.
- ^ the 6 victims were: Willie Fredd, Albert Pearson, Kevin Kaiser, Kenny Faust, Richard Boeck, and Donald Rains, the latter 2 victims were killed in Wisconsin.
- ^ This was the last execution held at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
- ^ This was the first and only execution held at the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms.
References
edit- ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Alton Coleman #771". www.clarkprosecutor.org. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ Terry, Don (23 March 1995). "2 Executions In Illinois, Rarity There". The New York Times.
- ^ article, Susan Kuczka and Gary Marx, Tribune Staff Writers Tribune reporters Janan Hanna, Christi Parsons and Suzy Frisch contributed to this (22 March 1995). "DUPAGE KILLER EXECUTED". chicagotribune.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life". Chicago Tribune. March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.