The Man Who Emptied Death Row: Governor George Ryan and the Politics of Crime
(Part of the The Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson Series in Criminnology Series)
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George H. Ryan, Illinois governor from 1999 to 2003, became nationally known for two significant and very different reasons. The first governor in the United States to clear out his state's death row and put a moratorium on the death penalty, he was also convicted and sent to prison on corruption charges. The Man Who Emptied Death Row: Governor George Ryan and the Politics of Crime details the career of a man who both enhanced and tarnished...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0809328658
ISBN13:9780809328659
Release Date:September 2008
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Length:226 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 9.0"
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