Until I Could Be Sure - How I Stopped the Death Penalty in Illinois

Until I Could Be Sure chronicles how Governor George Ryan set aside his prior beliefs - and pressure from the public and politicians - to take on a culture and a system of punishment that Americans long have grappled with, even as much of the rest of the civilized world has consigned it to the dustbin of history.

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By George H. Ryan Sr. - With Maurice Possley - Foreword by Scott Turow

Summary

Until I Could Be Sure chronicles how Governor George Ryan set aside his prior beliefs – and pressure from the public and politicians – to take on a culture and a system of punishment that Americans long have grappled with, even as much of the rest of the civilized world has consigned it to the dustbin of history.

Product details

• Authors: George H. Ryan, George H. Sr. Ryan, Ryan George H.
• Assisted by: Turow Scott (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781538171714
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7171-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Illinois, Memoirs, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment