Illinois poised to abolish death penalty | Campaign to End the Death Penalty

Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL)

So New Jersey really was the Herald of Change, it appears.  The stars lined up for repeal again in Illinois as the Democratic majority in the state Assembly and Senate passed the repeal and sent it to Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat who squeaked by in a Republican year.

Two swallows does make a spring, doesn't it?

Illinois poised to abolish death penalty | Campaign to End the Death Penalty

HERE is the link to the historical materials we gathered for the conference at Seton Hall on the 2007 repeal of the death penalty in New Jersey.