Rauner pushes to reinstate death penalty for cop killers, mass murderers
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday proposed reinstating the death penalty for mass murderers and those who kill police officers — provided a jury finds the offender is “guilty beyond any doubt for killing a police officer or committing a mass murder," Rauner said. | Tina Sfondeles/Sun-Times
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday proposed reinstating the death penalty for mass murderers and those who kill police officers — provided they are found “guilty beyond any doubt.”
It was one of a series of sweeping changes he’s attaching to an amendatory veto.
“There must be a burden of proof where a person is guilty beyond all doubt,” Rauner said at the Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory in Chicago. “Guilty beyond any doubt for killing a police officer or committing a mass murder. We then will impose the death penalty in Illinois.”
Rauner said those who kill police officers “deserve to give up their life.”
The Republican governor has long said he supports the death penalty, and he said he’d be open to other groups of defendants to be included in that.
“I’m very open to considering protections like this for additional individuals,” Rauner said.
Good going Bruce! nice to see you finally strapped on a pair
ReplyDeleteToo little too late Rauner making Illinois a sanctuary state was the last straw for me still have not embraced President Trump your wife won't let you! Why should I vote for a liberal Republican when I can get a real Democrat? Republicans would be a permanent majority party if they would embrace unions give up on their anti-union right to work cheap labor crap. No 401scams we need a national pension plan for all citizens most people are not disciplined enough to save on their own! We can bailout banks and GM but not pension funds. You are finished Rauner all the stoners are registering going to vote for Pritzker to legalize Marijuana!
ReplyDeleteIronic that the elimination of the penalty was a political move by Quinn and the moratorium before that by George Ryan, designed to curry favor with the electorate and now, a conservative move by Rauner to basically accomplish the same thing. Too bad he doesn't have anything else to point to besides in million dollar anti Madigan campaign for his entire term. Also too bad fat shaming is politically incorrect or he'd be all over Jabba the Pritzker.
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