Clemency

In Ryan's Words: "I Must Act"

Posted: February 19, 2003
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In Ryan's Words: 'I Must Act'

Following is the prepared text of Illinois Gov. George Ryan's speech at Northwestern University College of Law before granting clemency to all inmates on the state's death row
(NYTimes.com, January 11, 2003)

Illinois Death Row Inmates Granted Commutation by Governor George Ryan on January 12, 2003

Posted: February 11, 2003
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Illinois Death Row Inmates Granted Commutation

(sentences were commuted to life in prison unless otherwise indicated)

1. ALLEN, KENNETH (B)
2. ALVINE, RONALD (W)
3. ARMSTRONG, DONALD (B)
4. ASHFORD, JAMES (B)
5. BALLARD, MARK (W)
6. BANKS, RANDY (B)
7. BARROW, RONALD (W)
8. BEAN, HAROLD (W)
9. BRISBON, HENRY (B)
10. BRITZ, DEWAYNE (W)
11. BROOKS, TERRENCE (B)
12. BROWN, ANTHONY (B)
13. BROWN, ANTON (B)
14. BURGESS, RAY (W)
15. BURT, RONALD (W)
16. BURTON, PETER (W)

Clemency

Posted: October 18, 2002
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Since 1976, 273 death row inmates have been granted clemency for humanitarian reasons. Humanitarian reasons include doubts about the defendant's guilt or judgments about the death penalty by the governor. The clemency process varies from state to state, typically involving the governor or a board of advisors, or both.

Since 1976, there have been five broad grants of clemency to death row inmates:

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