Historic signing

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007466" title="Pat Quinn" href="/topic/politics/government/pat-quinn-PEPLT007466.topic">Governor Pat Quinn</a> signed into law a bill ending the death penalty in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100500000000" title="Illinois" href="/topic/us/illinois-PLGEO100100500000000.topic">Illinois</a> at the State Capitol in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100101101011274" title="Springfield" href="/topic/us/illinois/sangamon-county/springfield-PLGEO100101101011274.topic">Springfield</a> and then spoke at a press conference. With the governor are sponsors Karen Yarbrough and Kwame Raoul along with <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT001435" title="John J Cullerton" href="/topic/politics/john-j-cullerton-PEPLT001435.topic">John Cullerton</a> and Barbara Flynn Currie.
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( Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune / March 9, 2011 )

Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill ending the death penalty in Illinois at the State Capitol in Springfield and then spoke at a press conference. With the governor are sponsors Karen Yarbrough and Kwame Raoul along with John Cullerton and Barbara Flynn Currie.

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