WELL, AT LEAST HE’LL HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN PRISON
WELL, AT LEAST HE’LL HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN PRISON
Former Gov. George Ryan, who drew international praise when he commuted the sentences of everyone on Illinois’ death row, was convicted of racketeering and fraud Monday in a corruption scandal that ended his political career in 2003.
In 2000, the Republican governor declared a moratorium on executions in Illinois after 13 death row inmates were found to have been wrongly convicted.
Then, days before he left office in 2003, he cleared death row, commuting the sentences of all 167 inmates to life in prison. He declared that the state’s criminal justice system was “haunted by the demon of error.”
April 17th, 2006 at 10:31 pm
Of all George Ryan’s pernicious deeds, getting convicted while I was in a jury trial and couldn’t post on it may be the worst.
April 17th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
hahahahahahahaahha