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Posted by Ray Long.SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole. The governor said he followed his conscience. He said he believed…

by Lucile Malandain Death penalty opponents in the United States hope New Mexico's decision to ban capital punishment is a turning point and the economic crisis is bolstering the abolition argument. Last week Governor Bill Richardson made the southwestern state the 15th in the nation…