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Originally posted by Cletus Miller
Sure, he can be pardoned, but he's a convicted cop killer--never a favorable position. Maybe the Board thinks that there is enough doubt to commute the sentence, but not overturn the conviction--that's essentially what happened to most of the Illinois death row inmates who had their sentences commuted by ex-Gov. George Ryan. Now they have life sentences in gen. pop.
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In Illinois, I thought Ryan's problems went to the entire scheme involving their prosecution, defense, trial and conviction. Here, the questions are pretty specific to the evidence (or lack thereof) of his guilt -- most crucially, that the witnesses against him have all recanted.
