George Ryan Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by George Ryan:
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
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I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.
~George Ryan
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I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.
~George Ryan
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While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.
~George Ryan
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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.
~George Ryan
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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?
~George Ryan
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Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no.
~George Ryan
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