Death Penalty Illinois

EDM number 499 in 2002-03, proposed by Kevin McNamara on 13/01/2003.

That this House commends the courage and humanity of George Ryan, the retiring Governor of Illinois, in commuting sentences on all 156 death row prisoners in his state to life imprisonment; notes that since 1977, Illinois executed 12 prisoners but released 13 others because new evidence exonerated them and that the Governor felt forced to conclude that the death penalty was arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral; further notes that in the past 30 years, 102 persons have been released from death row in the USA with evidence of their innocence; further notes that since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, 816 persons have been executed, and that in particular the United States President's home state of Texas has executed 288 persons in this period; notes however that the trend towards abolition of the death penalty continues to gain momentum worldwide; and urges the Government in its relations with the United States authorities to inject renewed vigour in its representations to press for the complete abolition of this barbaric practice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Kevin McNamara	13/01/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Proposed
Jenny Tonge	14/01/2003	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/01/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	14/01/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	14/01/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/01/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hilton Dawson	14/01/2003	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	14/01/2003	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	14/01/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	14/01/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/01/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/01/2003	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/01/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	14/01/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	14/01/2003	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	15/01/2003	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/01/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	15/01/2003	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Tony Cunningham	15/01/2003	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	15/01/2003	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/01/2003	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	15/01/2003	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/01/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/01/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/01/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/01/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John Battle	16/01/2003	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/01/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	16/01/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	16/01/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
David Wright	16/01/2003	Telford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	16/01/2003	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/01/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/01/2003	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	16/01/2003	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/01/2003	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	16/01/2003	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	16/01/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	16/01/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	20/01/2003	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/01/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	20/01/2003	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Barrett	20/01/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vera Baird	20/01/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/01/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	20/01/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McFall	20/01/2003	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	20/01/2003	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	20/01/2003	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2003	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	21/01/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/01/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	21/01/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	21/01/2003	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	22/01/2003	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	22/01/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	23/01/2003	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	27/01/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	27/01/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	27/01/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	27/01/2003	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
John Austin	28/01/2003	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/01/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	29/01/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	30/01/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	03/02/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	05/02/2003	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	07/02/2003	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	11/02/2003	West Ham	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	03/03/2003	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	Unknown			Withdrawn
Paul Daisley	Unknown			Withdrawn

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