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George H Ryan Jr

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About George H Ryan Jr

George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa) was the Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. Although Ryan "raised the national debate on capital punishment" by issuing a moratorium on executions in 2000 , he was marked by corruption and racketeering charges that led to his retiring from politics in 2003, and to criminal convictions in 2006.

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