Paul Runge Illinois

Status: Incarcerated

Paul Runge is a serial killer in the United States. He was active from 1995–1997 . He currently has 7 victims, though he is suspected of 8+ .

This happened primarily in Illinois. He was sentenced to Sentenced to death; later commuted to life imprisonment .

His appeal includes:

On appeal, defendant contends that (1) a biased juror served on his jury, denying him an impartial jury, and the trial court's failure to question other jurors about that juror's activities denied defendant due process; (2) the trial court erred in excluding, as irrelevant, the sexually violent person petition filed against the defendant, as the petition constituted a party admission, and was the basis for a defense argument of judicial estoppel; (3) denying depositions of the prosecution's experts, while allowing depositions of the defense experts, was an unbalanced, unauthorized, and excessive sanction, when defendant, on the advice of counsel from another county, invoked his right to remain silent when examined by the prosecution's expert on the murder charges in this case; (4) the prosecution's closing argument inaccurately denigrated the testimony of two defense experts, based upon misstatements of testimony; (5) the prosecutor improperly asked irrelevant questions concerning victim impact evidence pertinent only to other crimes; (6) the prosecutor's closing sentencing argument improperly relied on irrelevant, extraneous assertions and specious reasoning to defeat mitigation based on the death of defendant's mother; (7) “death is cruel and unusual punishment for crimes committed under the influence of a neuropsychological disorder that may have biological causes, that distorts reality, diminishes impulse control and memory, and for which state legislatures provide for civil commitment and medical treatment”; and (8) the Illinois death penalty statute violates due process under Apprendi v. New Jersey because the State is not required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that, after weighing the factors in aggravation and mitigation, death is the appropriate sentence.

Victims

His victims include:  Stacy Frobel, Yolanda Gutierrez,  and her daughter Jessica Muniz, Dzeneta Pasanbegovic,  and Amela Pasanbegovic, Dorota Dziubak, Kazimiera Paruch,

You can write to Paul Runge at:

Paul Runge N84715

Pontiac Correctional Center
P.O. Box 99
Pontiac, IL 61764

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