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George Ryan
February 24, 1934 -
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

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

   

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

   

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

   

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

   

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.

   

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no.

   

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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