List of people executed in Illinois

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. Two other men condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman and Murray Hooper, was executed in Ohio and Arizona, respectively.[2] Hooper's death sentences in Illinois were commuted to life in prison in 2003 and his murder convictions were vacated in 2013 due to discrimination in the selection of his jury prior to his execution in Arizona.

Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.

List of people executed in Illinois

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Charles Walker White 50 M September 12, 1990 St. Clair Lethal injection Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker James R. Thompson
2 John Wayne Gacy White 52 M May 10, 1994 Cook 33 murder victims[a] James Edgar
3 James P. Free Jr.[3][4] White 41 M March 22, 1995 DuPage Bonnie Serpico
4 Hernando Williams Black 40 M Cook Linda Goldstone
5 Girvies Davis Black 37 M May 17, 1995 St. Clair 4 murder victims[b]
6 Charles Albanese White 58 M September 20, 1995 McHenry Michael Albanese, Marion Mueller, and Mary Lambert
7 George Del Vecchio White 47 M November 22, 1995 Cook Tony Conzoneri
8 Raymond Lee Stewart Black 44 M September 18, 1996 Winnebago 6 murder victims[c]
9 Walter Stewart Black 42 M November 19, 1997 Cook 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] Madison Roy Pendleton
12 Andrew Kokoraleis White 35 M March 17, 1999[e] Cook Lorraine Ann Borowski George Ryan

Abolition of death penalty

Governor 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

Notes

  1. ^ See: List of Victims of John Wayne Gacy
  2. ^ The 4 victims were: Charles Biebel, John Oertel, Frank Cash, and Esther Sepmeyer.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ This was the last execution held at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
  5. ^ This was the first and only execution held at the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms.

References

  1. ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Alton Coleman #771". www.clarkprosecutor.org. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Terry, Don (March 23, 1995). "2 Executions In Illinois, Rarity There". The New York Times.
  4. ^ article, Susan Kuczka and Gary Marx, Tribune Staff Writers Tribune reporters Janan Hanna, Christi Parsons and Suzy Frisch contributed to this (March 22, 1995). "DUPAGE KILLER EXECUTED". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life". Chicago Tribune. March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
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