Talk:Capital punishment in Illinois
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I have issues with the neutrality of this article. There was very strong public support for ending capital punishnent in Illinois when George Ryan commuted the sentences of all death row immates. This was due in no small part to at least two factors: widespread corruption in the detective division of the Chicago Police Department that led to dozens of murder convictions being overturned, and the fact that the number of prisoners completely exonerated of their crimes was greater than the number actually executed. When the death penalty was finally abolished, it was done so with strong bipartisan support. Mksaelens (talk) 22:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)