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. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio.[2]

Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.

List of people executed in Illinois

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Charles Walker White 50 M September 12, 1990 Lethal injection Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker James R. Thompson
2 John Wayne Gacy White 52 M May 10, 1994 33 murder victims[a] James Edgar
3 James P. Free Jr.[3][4] White 41 M March 22, 1995 Bonnie Serpico
4 Hernando Williams Black 40 M Linda Goldstone
5 Girvies Davis Black 37 M May 17, 1995 4 murder victims[b]
6 Charles Albanese White 58 M September 20, 1995 Michael Albanese, Marion Mueller, and Mary Lambert
7 George Del Vecchio White 47 M November 22, 1995 Tony Conzoneri
8 Raymond Lee Stewart Black 44 M September 18, 1996 6 murder victims[c]
9 Walter Stewart Black 42 M November 19, 1997 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] Roy Pendleton
12 Andrew Kokoraleis White 35 M March 17, 1999[e] Lorraine Ann Borowski George Ryan

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

  1. ^ See: List of Victims of John Wayne Gacy
  2. ^ The 4 victims were: Charles Biebel, John Oertel, Frank Cash, and Esther Sepmeyer.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ This was the last execution held at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
  5. ^ This was the first execution held at the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms.

References

  1. ^ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Alton Coleman #771". www.clarkprosecutor.org. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  3. ^ Terry, Don (23 March 1995). "2 Executions In Illinois, Rarity There". The New York Times.
  4. ^ article, Susan Kuczka and Gary Marx, Tribune Staff Writers Tribune reporters Janan Hanna, Christi Parsons and Suzy Frisch contributed to this (22 March 1995). "DUPAGE KILLER EXECUTED". chicagotribune.com.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life". Chicago Tribune. March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
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