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Illinois death penalty tests face review by courts
After its June signing by Gov. Thompson, Illinois death penalty law faces Supreme Court scrutiny with three known death sentences. Cases include Hill in Chicago for double murders, Carlson in Waukegan for two murders including an officer, and Glecker in Paris for two teen killings. Nelson’s Rockford case ended with a hung jury on death.
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Bill Densmore
Springfield
Illinois
Ilinois Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Rockford
Simon Peter Nelson
James Thompson
James E. Souk
Champaign County
Supreme Court
William R. Hill
Chicago
Allen Ziperstein
Robert Fields
Elmer Gertz
John Marshall Law School
Hill
Gertz
Robert K. Carlson Sr
Waukegan
Lake County
Lloyd van Deusen
Carlson
Jerry A. Glecker
Paris
Ill
Douglas Scott Simmons
Mark Harris
Champaign
Glecker
Harold Jensen
Theodore Parsons
Decatur
Robert Kirkpatrick
Nelson