Illinois to abolish the death penalty

This year, more states than ever before are poised to end the death penalty legislatively!

Illinois is the first to step up to the plate and all eyes are watching because abolition is imminent. It is only a governor’s signature away, and success there will give us momentum for abolition this year in other states, including Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland, and Montana.

As states struggle to find cost-saving measures, and as the death penalty’s errors and biases continue to be exposed, more and more states are stepping up to put an end to the inhumane, unjust and costly death penalty system.

In Illinois, death penalty abolition has won the support of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The legislation is now sitting on Governor Pat Quinn’s desk and he could decide any day whether to sign or veto the bill.

Whether or not you live in Illinois, we need you to speak up now!

Click here to send an email to Governor Quinn and ask that he sign the bill to abolish the death penalty in Illinois once and for all!

And if you have an extra 5 minutes, please re-enforce your email with a phone call. Say something as simple as: “I support death penalty repeal in Illinois and I want Governor Quinn to sign the bill!” A short message will go a long way. Call Governor Quinn’s office at: 312-814-2121

Most other countries, and 15 states in this country, have rightly abandoned the barbarism of state executions. With success in Illinois, three U.S. states will have done so in just the past four years.

The tide is changing and the trend is clear – the death penalty is on its way out!