The Supreme Court of Illinois has adopted new rules governing the way death penalty cases are handled.
These are the first civil penalty cases the commission has brought under the law.
The PNA utilizes both military and special, state security courts for most death penalty cases.
The court has one more death penalty case before the term ends later this month.
In the Marshall case, for example, Mr. Marshall's death sentence would be compared with 37 other death- penalty cases.
Furthermore, there is no particular reason, Ms. Gilligan said, to keep track of which civil penalty cases are closed or what fines are paid.
He serves as a consultant to attorneys and as an expert witness in civil and death penalty cases.
They'll probably give this the same consideration they would give a death penalty case for expediency.
Because this could be a death penalty case, that factor could be raised at four major junctures.
He accused the other Justices of adhering to a "double standard" in death penalty cases, in which defendants are given more leeway than prosecutors.
