This is a list of people executed in Illinois. A total of twelve people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1977.[1] All were executed by lethal injection. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio.[2]
Capital punishment in Illinois was abolished in 2011.
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Method | Victim(s) | Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Walker | White | 50 | M | September 12, 1990 | Lethal injection | Kevin Paule and Sharon Winker | James R. Thompson |
| 2 | John Wayne Gacy | White | 52 | M | May 10, 1994 | 33 murder victims | James Edgar | |
| 3 | James P. Free Jr.[3] [4] | White | 41 | M | March 22, 1995 | Bonnie Serpico | ||
| 4 | Hernando Williams | Black | 40 | M | Linda Goldstone | |||
| 5 | Girvies Davis | Black | 37 | M | May 17, 1995 | 4 murder victims | ||
| 6 | Charles Albanese | White | 58 | M | September 20, 1995 | Michael Albanese, Marion Mueller, and Mary Lambert | ||
| 7 | George Del Vecchio | White | 47 | M | November 22, 1995 | Tony Conzoneri | ||
| 8 | Raymond Lee Stewart | Black | 44 | M | September 18, 1996 | 6 murder victims | ||
| 9 | Walter Stewart | Black | 42 | M | November 19, 1997 | Thomas Paviopoulos and Dinalo Rodica | ||
| 10 | Durlyn Eddmonds | Black | 42 | M | Richard Lee Miller | |||
| 11 | Lloyd Wayne Hampton | White | 44 | M | January 21, 1998 | Roy Pendleton | ||
| 12 | Andrew Kokoraleis | White | 35 | M | March 17, 1999 | Lorraine Ann Borowski | George Ryan |
Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation on March 9, 2011, to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole.[5]