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George Ryan
 
Date of birth: 24 February 1934
Date of death: Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin: America
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Governor

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    George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa) was the Republican Party (USA) Governor of Illinois of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. Although Ryan "raised the national debate on capital punishment" by issuing a moratorium on executions in 2000 http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/11/illinois.death.row/, he was marked by corruption and racketeering charges that led to his re .... (More...)
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" Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. "

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" I can't dictate to George W. Bush. "

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" I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing. "

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" I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error. "

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" I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision. "

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" Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. What effect was race having? What effect was poverty having? "

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