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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to abolish capital punishment, sending the historic issue to Gov. Pat Quinn.
In a state that has removed 20 wrongly condemned people from death row since 1987, the Senate voted 32-25 to end state-sponsored execution more than a decade after a former governor halted the punishment he said was “haunted by the demon of error.”
Democrat Quinn won’t say what he will do with the legislation.
Meanwhile, a major increase in state income taxes has squeaked through the Illinois House. The tax would set the personal tax rate at 5 percent, up from 3 percent now. That would be a 66 percent increase. Corporate taxes would climb, too. It now goes to the state Senate.
