List of people executed in Illinois
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This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977.[1] All were executed by lethal injection. Two other men condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman and Murray Hooper, were executed in Ohio and Arizona, respectively.[2] However, Hooper's death sentences in Illinois were commuted to life in prison in 2003 and his murder convictions were vacated in 2013 due to discrimination in the selection of his jury prior to his execution in Arizona.
Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.
List of people executed in Illinois
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Walker | White | 50 | M | September 12, 1990 | St. Clair | Lethal injection | Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker | James R. Thompson |
| 2 | John Wayne Gacy | White | 52 | M | May 10, 1994 | Cook | 33 murder victims[a] | James Edgar | |
| 3 | James P. Free Jr.[3][4] | White | 41 | M | March 22, 1995 | DuPage | Bonnie Serpico | ||
| 4 | Hernando Williams | Black | 40 | M | Cook | Linda Goldstone | |||
| 5 | Girvies Davis | Black | 37 | M | May 17, 1995 | St. Clair | 4 murder victims[b] | ||
| 6 | Charles Albanese | White | 58 | M | September 20, 1995 | McHenry | Michael Albanese, Marion Mueller, and Mary Lambert | ||
| 7 | George Del Vecchio | White | 47 | M | November 22, 1995 | Cook | Tony Conzoneri | ||
| 8 | Raymond Lee Stewart | Black | 44 | M | September 18, 1996 | Winnebago | 6 murder victims[c] | ||
| 9 | Walter Stewart | Black | 42 | M | November 19, 1997 | Cook | Thomas Paviopoulos and Dinalo Rodica | ||
| 10 | Durlyn Eddmonds | Black | 42 | M | Richard Lee Miller | ||||
| 11 | Lloyd Wayne Hampton | White | 44 | M | January 21, 1998[d] | Madison | Roy Pendleton | ||
| 12 | Andrew Kokoraleis | White | 35 | M | March 17, 1999[e] | Cook | Lorraine Ann Borowski | George Ryan |
Demographics
| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 7 | 58% |
| Black | 5 | 42% |
| Age | ||
| 30–39 | 2 | 17% |
| 40–49 | 7 | 58% |
| 50–59 | 3 | 25% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 12 | 100% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1977–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999 | 12 | 100% |
| 2000–2009 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 12 | 100% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| Jim Thompson (R) | 1 | 8% |
| Jim Edgar (R) | 10 | 84% |
| George Ryan (R) | 1 | 8% |
| Rod Blagojevich (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Pat Quinn (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 12 | 100% |
Abolition of death penalty
Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation on March 9, 2011, to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole.[5]
See also
Notes
- The 4 victims were: Charles Biebel, John Oertel, Frank Cash, and Esther Sepmeyer.
- the 6 victims were: Willie Fredd, Albert Pearson, Kevin Kaiser, Kenny Faust, Richard Boeck, and Donald Rains, the latter 2 victims were killed in Wisconsin.
- This was the last execution held at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
- This was the first and only execution held at the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms.