Former Illinois Governor to be Deposed About Death Row Pardons

[LiberalHeart]

CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Gov. George Ryan must explain in court why he pardoned four death row inmates who are now suing a group of Chicago police officers. U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown ordered Ryan to sit for depositions before September 30.

Ryan, who used his pardon and commutation powers to empty death row before he left office in 2003, objected to the subpoena and claimed "executive privilege."

(He went on Oprah's show and talked about the pardons, so the Judge figures the executive privilege doesn't apply.)

More:
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=5274004

[Monkeyman]

1. The punk who killed my 20mnt old son is now sitting in jail for the rest

life. Ryan did this because he was in deep do do. By the way I want the punk to be there for the rest of his life.

[MnFats]

2. Ryan didn't do this because he had grave doubts.....

...about the machinery of capital punishment in Illinois?
During one period in Illinois, more prisoners on death row were exonerated than were executed. Wasn't there some small portion of Ryan's heart that feared executing an innocent prisoner?
(deep sympathy on your loss. I mean that.)

[LiberalHeart]

3. Why did he kill your son? That's terrible -- I'm so sorry it happened.

[Monkeyman]

4. X Wife and him because he was crying

[MnFats]

9. story in the Sunday Mpls.Star Tribune on cases such as yours..

...increasing all over. haven't read it yet; just saw headline in stack at convenience store...it should be on my doorstep by morning...so I don't know what the take is Perhaps you will find it interesting...situations like that are so terribly tragic....again, my sympathy for your loss.

this link should do:
www.startribune.com

[LeighAnn]

5. Sorry about your boy :(

My deepest sympathies

:(

[Monkeyman]

6. Thanks guys

But Ryan did this to stay out of jail did not work he going. I want to be clear I want this punk to just sit there jailhouse justice for baby killers is swift

[mucifer]

7. There is a connection with Ryan's pardons and the indictments that should

have been called against police in Chicago for torturing confessions out of black male prisoners. But, guess what? The police won't be punished for what they did because the statue of limitations on the crime has run out.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/coptort19.html

[Monkeyman]

8. Yep the police commander goes free