prosecuting, and convicting them too.
February 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan announced a statewide moratorium on the death penalty until he could declare with moral certainty that everyone sentenced to death in his state was truly guilty. Since the death penalty was reintroduced in 1977, more Illinois death row inmates had been exonerated and released (13) than executed (twelve). Among the 5 set free in 2001 was Charles Fain, who had spent 18 years on de
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