Death Penalty Legislation

Expands the death penalty to any intentional murder. A proposed amendment to HB162 would repeal the death penalty. This bill was carried over from 2011.

This bill would place a moratorium on the death penalty for a period of three years until certain procedures are implemented to ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially.

This bill would place a moratorium on the death penalty for a period of three years until certain procedures are implemented to ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially.

This bill would prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any criminal defendant who was less than 18 years old at the time of the commission of the capital offense.

This bill would provide that a wrongful death action may only be filed in a county where the deceased could have filed a civil action, if living.

This bill would abolish the death penalty, and provide instead for imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole. The bill would halt executions upon the voters' approval and would automatically convert all previous sentences of current capital defendants and inmates to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

To repeal the death penalty which is not workable or effective.

To provide for the prospective abolition of the death penalty.

To replace the death penalty with a penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for certain murders committed on or after the effective date of this act.

To repeal the death penalty and substitute life imprisonment without the possibility of release as the authorized sentence for persons convicted of certain murders.

Deletes provisions providing for death penalty for capital felonies; deletes provisions relating to representation in death penalty cases; repeals provisions relating to capital collateral representation, jurors in capital cases, prohibiting imposition of death sentence on defendant with mental retardation, determination of whether to impose sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital felony or capital drug trafficking felony, issuance of warrant of execution, stay of execution of death sentence, proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be insane, proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be pregnant, grounds for death warrant, execution of death sentence, prohibition against reduction of death sentence as result of determination that method of execution is unconstitutional, sentencing orders in capital cases, regulation of execution, transfer to state prison for safekeeping before death warrant issued, return of warrant of execution issued by Governor, sentence of death unexecuted for unjustifiable reasons, & return of warrant of execution issued by Supreme Court.

Deletes provisions providing for the death penalty for capital felonies. Deletes provisions relating to the effect of a declaration by a court of last resort that the death penalty in a capital felony is unconstitutional. Deletes provisions relating to representation in death penalty cases and capital collateral representation. Deletes provisions relating to legislative intent concerning appeals and postconviction proceedings in death penalty cases. Deletes a public records exemption for the identity of executioners, etc.

Deletes provisions providing for death penalty for capital felonies; deletes provisions relating to representation in death penalty cases; repeals provisions relating to capital collateral representation, jurors in capital cases, prohibiting imposition of death sentence on defendant with mental retardation, determination of whether to impose sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital felony or capital drug trafficking felony, issuance of warrant of execution, stay of execution of death sentence, proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be insane, proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be pregnant, grounds for death warrant, execution of death sentence, prohibition against reduction of death sentence as result of determination that method of execution is unconstitutional, sentencing orders in capital cases, regulation of execution, transfer to state prison for safekeeping before death warrant issued, return of warrant of execution issued by Governor, sentence of death unexecuted for unjustifiable reasons, & return of warrant of execution issued by Supreme Court.

The death penalty is abolished.
All funds remaining in the Capital Litigation Trust Fund are transferred into the Death Penalty Abolition Fund, a special fund for services for murder victims' families and for training of law enforcement personnel. The fund will be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Elimination of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty. Specifies that if a person was sentenced to death and is awaiting execution of the death sentence, the person's death sentence is commuted to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.

HB 2323 would abolish the death penalty for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2011, and create the new crime of aggravated murder. Aggravated murder would be an off-grid person felony, which would require convicted offenders to serve life sentences without the possibility of parole, commutation of sentence, probation, community corrections, conditional release, post-release supervision, or functional incapacitation release.

SB 239 would abolish the death penalty for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2011, and create the new crime of aggravated murder. Aggravated murder would be an off-grid person felony, which would require convicted offenders to serve life sentences without the possibility of parole, commutation of sentence, probation, community corrections, conditional release, post-release supervision, or functional incapacitation release.

This bill would abolish the death penalty.

Repeals the death penalty.

Repeals the death penalty.