SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men.
UPDATE: Illinois abolishes death penalty, clears death row
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 | 6:04 p.m. CST;
updated 6:57 a.m. CST, Thursday, March 10, 2011
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