The Man Who Emptied Death Row: Governor George Ryan and the Politics of Crime

by James L. Merriner and James L. Merriner MA

George H. Ryan, Illinois governor from 1999 to 2003, became nationally known for two significant and very different reasons. The first governor in the United States to clear out his state's death row and put a moratorium on the death penalty, he was also convicted and sent to prison on corruption charges. The Man Who Emptied Death Row: Governor George Ryan and the Politics of Crime details the career of a man who both enhanced and tarnished...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809328658
• ISBN13: 9780809328659
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.0"