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5. no matter what else he did

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That moratorium is the single positive and good thing Ryan ever did as Governor...

And yes it was awful for Joe.Though he never spoke much of his experience,what little he did say illustrated that it was horrible,surreal and nightmarish.It ruined him.Because of the taint of his conviction,while discounting his exoneration,nobody would hire him.Nobody wanted their sisters or daughters dating him.Nobody wanted him visting them in their homes.Nobody,especially many of those who blather on about second chances and the like,would actually give him a second chance.

He died a few years back,of natural causes as I recall,probably sped up by the drugs and alcohol he'd turned to,broken and lonely,and wasn't mourned or missed by any but his brothers and a very few friends.It's one of the saddest and most heart breaking set of circumstances I've ever been personally exposed to.