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| Ill. Court Sets Death Penalty Rules |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/05/2001 |
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Spurred by the release of 13 inmates from Illinois' death row, the state Supreme Court has set some of the nation's most rigorous standards of training and experience for defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges handling capital cases. Under the rules issued recently, the lead lawyer on each side must have at least five years of criminal litigation experience; previously, none was required. And judges who might preside over capital cases must attend training seminars every two years. Also, the lead lawyer on each side must have worked on at least two murder trials. And prosecutors must let defense attorneys know quickly if they intend to seek the death penalty. The rules take effect in March. Only a few other states - including New York, California and Nevada - have written rules spelling out experience and training requirements for attorneys in death penalty cases. Gov. George Ryan, a first-term Republican, halted executions indefinitely a year ago after a string of men were released from death row either because they had been wrongly convicted or because they received unfair trials. Since Illinois reinstated capital punishment in 1977, 12 inmates have been executed while the death sentences of 13 others have been overturned. In some of those Illinois cases and other death penalty convictions around the country that were overturned, the verdicts were blamed in part on incompetent or inexperienced defense attorneys. The high court also set new standards for disclosing DNA evidence. Anti-death penalty advocates are worried that lawmakers might use the new rules as an excuse to try to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois. |
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