Opinion ID: 3134361
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Heading: Ill 2d 364, 390 (1988); People v. Caballero, 102 Ill. 2d 23, 49

Text: (1984)). In those instances in which there is no mandatory alternative to a sentence of death, there is no requirement that the sentencing jury be informed of the various other sentences that may be imposed. People v. Phillips, 127 Ill. 2d 499, 543 (1989); People v. Albanese, 102 Ill. 2d 54, 81 (1984). Comparative proportionality review is not required by the federal constitution (Pulley v. Harris, 465 U.S. 37, 79 L. Ed. 2d 29, 104 S. Ct. 871 (1984)), and the Illinois statute is not invalid for failing to compel such review (King, 109 Ill. 2d at 551; People v. Stewart, 104 Ill. 2d 463, 499 (1984); People v. Kubat, 94 Ill. 2d 437, 502- 04 (1983). Given the extensive precedent sustaining these aspects of the statutory scheme, we reject the defendant's argument that, in combination, these features of the statute threaten its arbitrary and capricious imposition. People v. Harris, 164 Ill. 2d 322, 352 (1994); People v. Pitsonbarger, 142 Ill. 2d 353, 409 (1990).    For the reasons stated, the judgment of the circuit court of Henry County is affirmed. The clerk of this court is directed to enter an order setting Tuesday, September 16, 1997, as the date on which the sentence of death entered in the circuit court of Henry County is to be carried out. The defendant shall be executed in the manner provided by law (725 ILCS 5/119--5 (West 1994)). The clerk of this court shall send a certified copy of the mandate in this case to the Director of Corrections, to the warden of Stateville Correctional Center, and to the warden of the institution where the defendant is now confined. Judgment affirmed.