>That's what happened in Illinois. George Ryan was not a great governor (we have a rich tradition of rotten and/or incarcerated governors here in Illinois) but he deserves a tip of the hat for banning state executions, a ban that still stands.
Maybe he was planning ahead for his own future? :)
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