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Will Illinois' Direction on the Death Penalty Impact California?
Yesterday Democratic Governor Pat Quinn made Illinois the sixteenth state without capital punishment . He said there is no way to design a "perfect" system without the flaws that can lead to discrimination and wrongful convictions.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readYesterday Democratic Governor Pat Quinn made Illinois the sixteenth state without capital punishment. He said there is no way to design a "perfect" system without the flaws that can lead to discrimination and wrongful convictions. There are 712 prisoners on California's death row, waiting for a federal judge to decide if the death penalty can be administered humanely. Mike Farrell, a self-described "actor, activist, writer and biker," leads the group Death Penalty Focus.
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