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Originally Posted by brackis1
This has not been fairly settled in cases of first degree murder, let alone rape. Republican and pro-death penalty governor George Ryan of Illinois realized it was basically impossible without a massive legislative overhaul and literally tens of millions of dollars spent per case; he commuted all death row sentences to life in prison and pardoned fully 4 inmates.
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Which is probably the best thing to do...
Saves money, prevents possible executions of innocents etc..
