High Court Justice Refuses to Stay George Ryan's Prison Sentence
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Tue Nov 06, 2007 at 05:06:20 PM EST
Tags: George Ryan (all tags)
Posted on Tue Nov 06, 2007 at 05:06:20 PM EST
Tags: George Ryan (all tags)
All options are now exhausted. Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, age 73, will report to federal prison in rural Wisconsin by sundown tomorrow to begin serving his 6 1/2 year sentence. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens today denied his appeal for a stay.
Gov. Ryan did a great thing while in office.
He .... suspended all executions in Illinois and emptied out death row by commuting the sentences of all 167 inmates to life in prison. He cited the risk of the criminal justice system making a grave and irreversible error.
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