Judge Orders Ryan to Explain Inmate Pardons
From Times Wire Reports
Former Gov. George Ryan must explain in court why he pardoned four death row inmates who are now suing a group of Chicago police officers.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown noted in her ruling that Ryan discussed the pardons on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and that he “cannot now claim a privilege to refuse to give testimony in a civil case on that same topic.”
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