<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of Illinois">Illinois Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryan" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Ryan">George Ryan</a> commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>'s death row based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Burge" id="mwAVU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jon Burge">Jon Burge</a> scandal.