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Buffalohair, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Shows His Mettle, Abolishes the Death Penalty
Mar 10, 2011
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Shows His Mettle, Abolishes the Death Penalty Posted in America's, Global News, News Videos with tags canyon city territorial prison, Dan Leonetti, death penalty focus, DNA testing, false confessions, Gov. Bill Ritter, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois penal system, Joe Arridy, Robert Perske, stefanie faucher, Woodpecker Waltz on March 10, 2011 by buffalohair

With the stroke of a pen the honorable Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois abolished the death penalty on Wednesday March 9th 2011, revealing his incontrovertible humanitarian moxie. This was the crescendo of thousands of man hours and years of dedicated hard work to abolish the controlled murder of inmates. The Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Death Penalty Focus and a host of other humanitarian organizations banded together to champion this noble cause and fortunately their diligence bore fruit. And I applaud their efforts.

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