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George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934) is an American former politician who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and as lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1991. He was later convicted of federal racketeering ...
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Jan 11, 2023 · His case prompted Ryan to call for a death penalty moratorium. On January 11, 2003, Ryan blanket-commuted the sentences of all 167 inmates on death row to life in prison. Four of them were pardoned.
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- Sarah Schulte
Sep 17, 2020 · It’s been 20 years since Illinois Gov. George Ryan captured national headlines and angered some in his own party by suspending the death penalty in Illinois. He would go on to essentially ...
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Sep 7, 2006 · CHICAGO, Sept. 6 — George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois who was venerated around the world by opponents of capital punishment for halting the death penalty in his state, saw the depths ...
Dec 30, 2022 · Shortly before Gov. George Ryan’s clemency speech on Jan. 11, 2003, at Northwestern University Law School, ex-death row inmate Aaron Patterson exhorts the crowd to give more applause to the ...
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Sep 23, 2020 · But that wasn’t the case with George Ryan. On Jan. 11, 2003, just two days before his term expired, Ryan made national and international news by commuting the sentences of all 167 inmates on Illinois’ death row. Now, in a new book, “Until I Could Be Sure: How I Stopped the Death Penalty in Illinois,” the former Republican governor ...
Sep 26, 2013 · Former Illinois Governor George Ryan speaks to the news media at the federal courthouse following a verdict of guilty on all counts in his corruption trial April 17, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois.
