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DuPage prosecutor: Renew debate on death penalty

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DuPage prosecutor Robert Berlin said investigators discovered Dmitry Smirnov read up on the law in Illinois and learned Gov. Pat Quinn abolished death penalty before he killed is ex-girlfriend in Oak Brook.

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If Illinois didn't already have a reason to reopen the death-penalty debate, it does now, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said Friday. Berlin called on lawmakers to dig back into the divisive issue in light of a Canadian's arrest Thursday on charges he gunned down an ex-girlfriend in Oak Brook after learning the death penalty was recently abolished here.

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