Marginalia
May, 2004
(1) Narrow death penalty crimesIllinois has 20 crimes that can be punished with death. The death penalty should apply only when two or more people are murdered, the victim is tortured or the victim is a police officer, firefighter, correctional officer or someone with a role in the defendant's trial. If the conviction is based on a single eyewitness or a jailhouse informant, the death penalty should not apply.(2) Videotape all police questioningRecord station house interrogations of suspects in...
