Capital punishment may soon fall into a new state. The House and Senate from Illinois, United States, have in effect voted to abolish the death penalty, Wednesday, January 12, in the stronghold of President Barack Obama, leaving the new Democratic governor of this state on choice to turn this vote into law.The State Senate voted by 32 votes against 25 in favor of abolition, imitating the House of Representatives who voted in the same direction last week. The governor, Pat Quinn, has not yet revealed his intentions, his office has indicated that it would take time to review the text before the enactment.
"This vote demonstrates the growing concern about the death penalty and a general willingness to substitute other types of punishment," said Richard Dieter for his part, Director of the Information Centre on the Death Penalty (DPIC ). "Problems related to the death penalty are not unique to Illinois.
The ras-le-bol it causes and its cost have led to a baissse general practice," he added. The death row in Illinois is now home to 15 convicts. In 2003, after three-year moratorium on executions, Republican Governor George Ryan had commuted all death sentences, after the discovery of a series of miscarriages of justice.
The state has carried out any executions since 1999 and had completed twelve in the previous decade, according to DPIC. The source of the death penalty has cost $ 100 million in Illinois since 2003. The elected officials of several American states regularly questioned about the possibility of abolishing the death penalty, which is still in force in 35 States over 50, particularly because of its exponential cost compared to life.
In 2009, the governor of New Mexico signed the law abolishing the death penalty in his state. Three years ago, it was New Jersey. The United States has executed 46 people, however, in 2010, including a woman, against 98 in 1999.
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