George Ryan
George Ryan
George Homer Ryan, Sr.was the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. He was a member of the Republican Party. Ryan received national attention for his 1999 moratorium on executions in Illinois and for commuting more than 160 death sentences to life sentences in 2003. He was later convicted of federal corruption charges and spent more than five years in federal prison and seven months of home confinement. He was released from federal prison on...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 February 1934
CountryUnited States of America
I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die... The legislation couldn't reform it. Lawmakers won't repeal it. I won't stand for it. I had to act... I am commuting the sentences of all death row inmates.
I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.
I've never seen anything quite like the site I saw here.
At this point it would appear they are where they should be. They have a lot of work to do in the next few weeks, but it appears they are on line to have an opening around Oct. 2.
At this point it would appear they are where they should be, ... They have a lot of work to do in the next few weeks, but it appears they are on line to have an opening around Oct. 2.
We've lost the ability to carry 2,000 or 3000 tons on some of the 1000-footers (freighters) since last year, ... That's a loss of about $100,000 on every voyage.
I think lawmakers have got as much concern about that as anybody has, ... Maybe your series will highlight that and bring it to their attention.
Legally, we're not required to respond within any particular time, ... The governor's doing his best to be fair and give these important decisions the attention they're due.
My administration is committed to opening doors wide to women and minority-owned business,
When you go from speaker to lieutenant governor, it's kind of a letdown, frankly, ... But I worked with (then-Gov.) Jim Thompson and learned a lot from him.
without his leadership we might not be here this afternoon.
If the Americans and Cubans could put aside some of their political differences and work out some of their programs, I think both the Americans and the Cuban people could benefit greatly from that relationship,
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?