Bill Text: IL SR1530 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Karen L. Daniel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1530 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1530-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Karen L. Daniel, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | December 26, 2019 at the age of 62; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel was born on February 1, 1957 to Mary | ||||||
6 | K. Daniel and the late Richard H. Daniel and grew up in Los | ||||||
7 | Angeles; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel earned her undergraduate degree from | ||||||
9 | the University of California, Davis and then earned her law | ||||||
10 | degree from Harvard Law School; she moved to Chicago in 1981; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel began her career in the State | ||||||
13 | Appellate Defender's Office, the agency that provides | ||||||
14 | representation to indigent inmates in appeals; in 2000, she was | ||||||
15 | hired by Lawrence Marshall to work with the Center on Wrongful | ||||||
16 | Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, after he | ||||||
17 | heard about her reputation as a brilliant attorney with a huge | ||||||
18 | heart; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel started as a part-time appointee and | ||||||
20 | eventually became the co-director of the Center on Wrongful | ||||||
21 | Convictions; she was responsible for the release and |
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1 | exoneration of many wrongfully convicted people throughout her | ||||||
2 | career; at least 20 people regained their freedom due to her | ||||||
3 | work; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel retired from the Center on Wrongful | ||||||
5 | Convictions and was set to take a new job at the Exoneration | ||||||
6 | Project affiliated with the University of Chicago; she was | ||||||
7 | always working and was extremely dedicated to righting the | ||||||
8 | injustices of the criminal justice system; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel was recently named Professor Emerita | ||||||
10 | of Law at Northwestern University School of Law; she taught and | ||||||
11 | mentored hundreds of students, inspiring many to pursue a | ||||||
12 | career helping the wrongfully convicted; she earned respect for | ||||||
13 | her commitment to helping others and never assumed that an | ||||||
14 | individual was guilty just because they were in prison; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel was not afraid to take the hard | ||||||
16 | cases; her perseverance in the fight for justice was matched | ||||||
17 | only by her care for her clients; she will be remembered for | ||||||
18 | her dedication to those wrongfully convicted as well as her | ||||||
19 | love for her family and friends; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Karen Daniel is survived by her husband, Alan | ||||||
21 | Goldberg; her son, Scott Daniel Goldberg; her stepchildren, | ||||||
22 | Julia (Daniel) Alamillo and Laura and Diana Goldberg; her |
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1 | granddaughter, Sophia; her sister, Kelly (David) Selva; her | ||||||
2 | mother; and many friends; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing | ||||||
5 | Karen L. Daniel and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
6 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
7 | further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to the family of Karen Daniel as an expression of our | ||||||
10 | deepest sympathy.
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