List of people executed in Illinois
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> All were executed by lethal injection. Two other men condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman and Murray Hooper, were executed in Ohio and Arizona, respectively.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, Hooper's death sentences in Illinois were commuted to life in prison in 2003 and his murder convictions were vacated in 2013 due to discrimination in the selection of his jury prior to his execution in Arizona.
Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.
List of people executed in Illinois
| Template:Abbr | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
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| 1 | Charles Walker | White | 50 | M | September 12, 1990 | St. Clair | Lethal injection | Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker, 21 and 25, white | James R. Thompson |
| 2 | John Wayne Gacy | White | 52 | M | May 10, 1994 | Cook | 33 murder victims, whiteTemplate:Efn | James Edgar | |
| 3 | James P. Free Jr.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | White | 41 | M | March 22, 1995 | DuPage | Bonnie Serpico, 34, white | ||
| 4 | Hernando Williams | Black | 40 | M | Cook | Linda Goldstone, 29, white | |||
| 5 | Girvies Davis | Black | 37 | M | May 17, 1995 | St. Clair | Charles Biebel, 89, whiteTemplate:Efn | ||
| 6 | Charles Albanese | White | 58 | M | September 20, 1995 | McHenry | Michael Albanese, 69, Marion Mueller, 69, and Mary Lambert, 89, white | ||
| 7 | George Del Vecchio | White | 47 | M | November 22, 1995 | Cook | Tony Conzoneri, 6, whiteTemplate:Efn | ||
| 8 | Raymond Lee Stewart | Black | 44 | M | September 18, 1996 | Winnebago | 6 murder victimsTemplate:Efn | ||
| 9 | Walter Stewart | Black | 42 | M | November 19, 1997 | Cook | Thomas Paviopoulos, 27, white and Dinalo Rodica, 33, Asian | ||
| 10 | Durlyn Eddmonds | Black | 42 | M | Richard Lee Miller, 9, black | ||||
| 11 | Lloyd Wayne Hampton | White | 44 | M | January 21, 1998Template:Efn | Madison | Roy Pendleton, 69, white | ||
| 12 | Andrew Kokoraleis | White | 35 | M | March 17, 1999Template:Efn | Cook | Lorraine Ann Borowski, 21, whiteTemplate:Efn | George Ryan |
Abolition of death penalty
Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation on March 9, 2011, to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole.<ref name="QuinnSignsAbolition">Template:Cite news</ref>