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Joint Statement Against Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in Illinois

Following the advancement of House Floor Amendment 1 to SB 2580, a wrong-headed measure to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and Chicago Council of Lawyers release the following statement in opposition: Joint Statement Against Reinstating the Death P...

Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed Applaud Abolition of Death Penalty

With a historic pen stroke this month, Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois signed into law Illinois Senate Bill 3539, making Illinois the 16th state to abolish the death penalty. The law marks the successful completion of a 35-year effort to end the death penalty’s use in Illinois. The death penalty was...

Letter to the Governor

Chicago Council of Lawyers Chicago's Public Interest Bar Association 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Fourth Floor Chicago, Illinois 60611 Telephone: (312) 988-6565 Fax (312) 397-1338 E-mail: ccl@chicagocouncil.org Website: www.chicagocouncil.org January 19, 2011 Governor Pa...