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This bill was pushed through in the wee hours of the morning on the last day of the departing congress. :down:
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news...eath-penalty-to-affect-will-county-cases.html
However, two pending cases had been certified for the death penalty, said Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow.
Prior to Quinn’s action, Christopher Vaughn and Richard Conner both faced the death penalty in their upcoming trials.
Vaughn is accused of killing his wife and three children in 2007 in Channahon Township. The Oswego family was on its way to a Springfield water park when their SUV pulled over onto an Interstate 55 frontage road. Vaughn said his wife had shot him in the leg, so he got out of the car and walked away from it. Then she killed the children and committed suicide, he said.
Conner, a convicted murderer who was serving a life sentence, has been charged with killing Jameson Leezer in 2009 while the two shared a cell at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news...eath-penalty-to-affect-will-county-cases.html
However, two pending cases had been certified for the death penalty, said Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow.
Prior to Quinn’s action, Christopher Vaughn and Richard Conner both faced the death penalty in their upcoming trials.
Vaughn is accused of killing his wife and three children in 2007 in Channahon Township. The Oswego family was on its way to a Springfield water park when their SUV pulled over onto an Interstate 55 frontage road. Vaughn said his wife had shot him in the leg, so he got out of the car and walked away from it. Then she killed the children and committed suicide, he said.
Conner, a convicted murderer who was serving a life sentence, has been charged with killing Jameson Leezer in 2009 while the two shared a cell at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.