Illinois House Panel Passes Death Penalty Reform Bill
A House Panel in Illinois has voted to approve a death penalty reform bill that incorporates 23 of the 85 reforms recommended by the Illinois Commision in 2002. We don't understand the House reluctance to ban executing the mentally retarded, but the measures it does include represent a significant step towards reform of the broken death penalty system in Illinois.
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