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>>It's been shut down for a while, although not this officially. George Ryan was a terrible governor, an Illinois tradition -- his successor, Rod Blagojevich, will be joining him in the hoosegow shortly -- but he did one big thing right. It was the documented cases of innocent men being condemned to death that brought him around to the "liberal" side.
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>And didn't I hear that Ryan died this week?
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His wife. They gave him temporary leave to be at her bedside, which I thought was compassionate.