>>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.
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>Maybe he was planning ahead for his own future? :)

He is not going to be executed but he is going to be among heavily tattooed men for a long time. In fact I am pretty sure his lawyers appealed for clemency on the grounds that he is gravely ill and doesn't have long to live. He is not a young man to begin with.