720 ILCS 5/7-10

Current through Public Acts 103-1 through 103-587, 103-589, and 103-590
Section 720 ILCS 5/7-10 - Execution of death sentence

A public officer who, in the exercise of his official duty, puts a person to death pursuant to a sentence of a court of competent jurisdiction, is justified if he acts in accordance with the sentence pronounced and the law prescribing the procedure for execution of a death sentence.

720 ILCS 5/7-10

Laws 1961, p. 1983.