This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, Gov. Pat Quinn abolishes the death penalty with a stroke of his pen. An Illinois House committee has resurrected a bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons here. Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel and Finance Committee Chair Ed Burke both plan to pour money into various aldermanic races in next month's runoff election. Rod Blagojevich asks Judge Zagel to sentence him and dismiss the counts in the former governor's upcoming corruption retrial. Shaun Gayle admits he had sex with the woman accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend the night before the murder. Senate President John Cullerton floats the controversial idea of taxing pensions of retirees making $100,000 or more. And in sports, Michael Jordan believes Bulls star Derrick Rose should be the NBA's MVP.

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