Can we thank George Ryan yet for sparing us from death penalty media chaos?

[struggle4progress]

by Justin Kaufmann | Sep. 22, 2011

Hey, Georgia, you better hope you got that one right, 'cuz the whole world is paying attention now. The Troy Davis case has received international media attention for years questioning the evidence in the case, but Georgia authorities were resolute in moving forward with the death penalty ...

Of course, we've seen stories like this before ... the media swarm intensifies and the death penalty becomes a focus of national debate for 72 hours. And then what? Will we be looking at a million Troy Davis media stories clogging up our national consciousness or will this painful conflict just fade away? And if it is ever proven that Troy Davis didn't kill that police officer ... what then? ...

And by the way, aren't you glad we don't have this drama in Illinois? Thank you Governor Ryan.

http://www.wbez.org/blog/justin-kaufmann/2011-09-22/can-we-thank-george-ryan-yet-sparing-us-death-penalty-media-chaos-92

[Kennah]

1. Even a corrupt GOOPer like Ryan could figure out the DP was wrong