Gov. Bruce Rauner’s criminal justice adviser has told an Illinois House committee that Rauner’s plan to reinstate the death penalty is designed to “avoid the legitimate objections” associated with capital punishment.

The adviser telling a House Committee that the plan would apply only to criminals found guilty “beyond all doubt.” He says the standard is without precedent but “is obtainable.”

Rauner added the death penalty in a veto last week in which he rewrote legislation to apply a 72-hour waiting period for assault-style weapons.