![]() So on January the 31st, I told the citizens of Illinois that I was going to impose a moratorium, because of the grave concerns I had about the state’s shameful record of convicting innocent people and putting them on death row. It was clear to me that when it came to the death penalty in Illinois there was no justice in the justice system. I said that until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent person would be put to death, nobody would meet the fate as long as I was Governor… And I won’t sign off on any death sentences until I am absolutely certain that the individual, in fact, is guilty and all rights have been preserved and safeguarded… ![]() And I believed in the death penalty…īut since those days, a lot has happened to shake my faith in the death penalty system… I supported the death penalty when I was in the Illinois General Assembly. “Like a lot of other elected officials, I believed that there were crimes that were so heinous – and I believe that today – that the death penalty sentence is the only proper societal response. 27, 2000 speech aired on Democracy Now, in support of his decision to impose a state-wide moratorium on executions, stated: ![]() ![]() George Ryan, former Governor of Illinois, in a Dec. ![]()
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