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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, A moratorium on the use of capital punishment was 
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instituted in Illinois in 2000; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The current Governor and his administration have 
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taken no steps to end the moratorium but rather continue the 
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moratorium as a policy in Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Criminals continue to murder innocent people 
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throughout the State of Illinois in spite of the existence of 
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the moratorium; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Since the inception of the moratorium, several 
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defendants have been found guilty of first degree murder and 
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have been given a death sentence; and

 
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    WHEREAS, No capital punishment has been performed on those 
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who have received such a sentence because of the existence of 
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the moratorium; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Families of the victims of the criminals who have 
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killed their loved ones can and have received no closure 
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because the full sentence has not been carried out because of 
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the existence of the moratorium; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Not one shred of evidence has demonstrated that 
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the moratorium on the death penalty decreases crime or makes 
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society any safer; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The academic community cannot provide any 
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consistency as to the use of capital punishment as it relates 
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to public safety; therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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call upon the Governor to end the moratorium on capital 
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punishment in Illinois, restore the administration of justice 
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and the sentences therein to the judicial branch of government 
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and to the juries, made up of the citizenry of Illinois, and to 
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allow the use of capital punishment to be administered in 
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Illinois; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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forwarded to the Governor of the State of Illinois.