2006-09-29 12:34:28 · 4 answers · asked by Pseudo Obscure 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
18 inmates. I don't know what percentage that is.
2006-09-29 12:37:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their names spark vague recognition in many Illinois residents: Rolando Cruz, Alejandro Hernandez, Verneal Jimerson, Dennis Williams, Joseph Burrows, Gary Gauger, Carl Lawson, Perry Cobb, Darby Tillis.
Most people may at least remember hearing about some of them. Others could identify who a few of the men are, but come up blank on the rest. Yet the state and residents of Illinois owe a debt to these nine men that is so great, it cannot - and will not - ever be repaid.
They are the former Illinois Death Row inmates who have been found innocent and freed in the decade since the death penalty was reinstituted in the state. In the same period of time, the state executed only eight men. All together, those freed spent a total of 52 years on Death Row, and another 36 in county jails and state prisons.
2006-09-29 19:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
22 inmates
2006-10-02 05:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
and how many of these "innocent inmate's" victims are still dead?
2006-09-29 19:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by Joey Bagadonuts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋