03-10-2011, 10:55 PM
(03-09-2011, 02:57 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Wednesday that he has signed legislation eliminating the death penalty in his state, more than 10 years after the state halted executions.
The fifteen death row inmates, sentences now commuted to life without parole, are:
Anthony Mertz, for the rape, killing and mutilation of an Eastern Illinois University student.
Ricardo Harris, for killing two Oak Lawn liquor store employees and hurting two people during a robbery.
Teodoro Baez, for killing two people and dismembering their bodies with a sword after a drug dispute.
Cecil Sutherland, for sexually assaulting and killing a 10-year-old Marion County girl.
Andrew Urdiales, for the murder of a 21-year-old Hammond woman.
Joseph Bannister, after conviction for shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her sister.
Paul Runge, for raping, killing and setting on fire a mother and her 10-year-old daughter.
Dion Banks, for killing a woman during a carjacking.
Daniel Ramsey, after conviction for raping and killing a girl, shooting to death another girl and hurting three other people.
Rodney Adkins, for killing an Oak Park woman after breaking into her home.
Gary Pate, for killing his wife and stepdaughter.
Eric Hanson, for killing his sister and brother-in-law and his parents.
David Damm, for hiring an acquaintance to kill a 13-year-old girl to silence her accusations of sexual abuse.
Brian Dugan, for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 10-year-old suburban Chicago girl.
Edward Tenney, for killing a 24-year-old Aurora man during a robbery.
For mugshots: http://www.sj-r.com/photo_galleries/x177...ted?foto=0