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2 Men Cleared by DNA Say End Death Penalty
CHICAGO (AP) -- A pair of Illinois men who were charged with killing their daughters but were cleared by DNA evidence say the state should put an end to the death penalty.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Kevin Fox and Jerry Hobbs say it should be required in murder cases to promptly test DNA in private laboratories. Hobbs says there was "too many gaps in the system itself."

A bill to abolish the death penalty in Illinois awaits the signature of Gov. Pat Quinn.

Hobbs spent five years in jail for the murders of his daughter and her friend. Kevin Fox spent eight months in jail in the death of his daughter Riley Fox. Both were cleared by DNA evidence.

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