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Michael Bond for State Senate

Candidates sound off on death penalty
by Russel Lissau
Daily Herald Staff Writer

The two candidates for the 31st state Senate seat have different opinions about whether Illinois moratorium on capital punishment should continue. Their stances on whether gay marriage should be legalized are similar, however. Democrat Michael Bond of Grayslake and Republican Suzanne Simpson of the Grayslake area fielded questions about the death penalty, marriage, and other issues in a Daily Herald survey. Simpson is Warren Township’s supervisor and a former state Representative. Bond works at Allstate Insurance Co. and is a Woodland elementary District 50 board member. The 31st District includes nearly all of northern Lake County. The seat carries a 4-year term.

Q. Do you favor or oppose lifting state’s moratorium on capital punishment? Why?
Bond. While I am in favor of capital punishment, we should not allow prisoners to meet their fate at the mercy of a system {that} has proven to be inherently flawed or broken. Simpson I favor lifting the moratorium on capital punishment now that substantial reforms are in place to prevent sentencing of the wrongly convicted.

Q. Illinois law prohibits gay marriage. What’s your view?
Simpson. I believe marriage is between one man and one woman, which is what existing state law, says, and I don’t think further action is needed.
Bond. I was raised in home that instilled traditional family values that recognized marriage is a union between a man and a woman. I agree with the majority of Illinoisans that we do not need a constitutional amendment.

Source:
Daily Herald September 27, 2006


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