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Beating the Death Penalty in Illinois

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Aurélie Plaçais, on 1 January 2011


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In a video interview at the NCADP conference in Chicago, leading Illinois abolitionist Jeremy Schroeder explains how grassroots activism and political lobbying was an important factor in abolishing the death penalty in Illinois.




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