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	NPR : Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan Heading to Prison
		Ryan's response was to squash the probe and fire the investigators.
		The probe culminated with Ryan's indictment in 2004.
		Warden says Ryan will leave a noble legacy of reforming what he believes was a corrupt system that trampled the rights of some of the most vulnerable criminal defendants; many had served years in prison or on death row for crimes they did not commit.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=16051850 (1162 words)

	George Ryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003.
		Although Ryan "raised the national debate on capital punishment" by issuing a moratorium on executions in 2000 [1], he was dogged for many years by corruption and racketeering charges that led to his retiring from politics in 2003, and to criminal convictions in 2006.
		Ryan's term was marked by a scandal involving the illegal sale of government licenses, contracts and leases by state employees during his prior service as Secretary of State; in the wake of numerous convictions of former aides, he chose not to run for reelection in 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_H._Ryan (1103 words)

	CNN.com - Ex-Illinois governor Ryan indicted - Dec. 17, 2003
		The corruption scandal was a factor in former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's decision not to seek a second term.
		Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor.
		Ryan, who served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, has said he knew there was a culture of corruption in the secretary of state's office but was unaware of the specifics.
	www.cnn.com /2003/LAW/12/17/ryan.ap (339 words)

	George Ryan. By Chris Suellentrop
		Ryan's last-minute decision last week to clear out Illinois' death row by commuting the sentences of 167 inmates to life in prison was simply a high-minded variant of an old pattern: using every tool available to him to achieve his aims.
		In the end, Ryan's willingness to skirt the edges of the law to achieve his goals may finally have caught up with him—he's widely expected to be indicted in a scandal that dates back to his tenure as Illinois secretary of state.
		But Ryan can't, as much as he might like to, blame his unpopularity on his "growth in office." Free-thinker though he may be, his career was nevertheless felled by his constant desire to push the limits of power.
	www.slate.com /id/2077035 (874 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - George Ryan Guilty On All Counts
		Ryan was charged with running state government for the profit of his friends, family and himself, and with trying to cover up a bribes-for-licenses scandal that ultimately led to his indictment.
		Ryan, 72, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of the corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor.
		Ryan, an old-school politician, was elected to five terms in the state House before serving two four-year terms as secretary of state beginning in 1990.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_107111835.html (2159 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan indicted on corruption charges
		Ryan, 69, served as secretary of state from 1991 to 1999 and governor from 1999 to last January.
		Ryan said that the state's death penalty system, which he helped create as a state lawmaker, was fraught with potential for error.
		Ryan was nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on the death penalty and has spent much of the past year on the lecture circuit.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-12-17-ryan_x.htm (530 words)

	George Ryan News - The New York Times
		George Ryan was convicted last year of a long list of corruption charges stemming from his tenure as secretary of state and governor of Illinois.
		George Ryan was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for racketeering and fraud.
		George Ryan, known for putting a moratorium on executions in his state, faces 22 counts of racketeering, mail and tax fraud and lying to federal agents.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/people/r/george_ryan/index.html?inline=nyt-per (639 words)

	Ryan's paradox by Dave McKinney - Illinois Issues
		Ryan didn’t inherit these people, all of whom were key members of an inner circle of advisers who have been either convicted or indicted in the federal probe.
		Ryan’s public bill signings, a venue when he would come in contact with the Statehouse press corps, were kept to a minimum.
		Ryan has always insisted he does not believe he will be indicted but repeatedly has refused to answer whether he has been notified he may be a target.
	illinoisissues.uis.edu /features/2002nov/ryan.html (3868 words)

	Public Affairs: Carol Marin—Meet Democrat George Ryan
		George and the Republican Party were separated about six years ago, culminating in a final divorce decree near the end of his gubernatorial term.
		George Ryan was all of those things [except the Reform part] in the fall of 1998 when he ran for Governor, and “Flipped,” on each and every one within the first year or two of the Gov. George Ryan Administration.
		By mid to late 2002, as George neared the end of his term, people were speculating that George Ryan might be indicted within his first year out of office.
	jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com /2005/09/carol-marinmeet-democrat-george-ryan.html (2274 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - The Ryan Trial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Former Gov. George Ryan's lawyers fought to stop his trial in the final minutes before the verdict and the judge conceded that her decision to replace two jurors with alternates "might very well" not survive an appeal, according to court papers unsealed Friday.
		Ryan and Warner maintain nothing they did in the eight years Ryan spent as Illinois secretary of state and four years as governor was illegal.
		Court papers also showed Ryan's attorneys were behind closed doors in Pallmeyer's chambers arguing for a mistrial right up to a few minutes before the verdict was read because jury forewoman Sonja Y. Chambers said on her questionnaire she never was involved in a legal case.
	cbs2chicago.com /ryantrial (4245 words)

	NBC5.com - News - Details About Ryan Corruption Charges Revealed
		The 114-page "Santiago proffer" alleges Warner provided Ryan and his family with benefits, including facilitating Ryan's purchase of certain stocks through Warner's broker, of which one stock resulted in Ryan receiving a profit of $3,182, which was a 100 percent return on his investment.
		Although as secretary of state, George Ryan played no role in the review of bids, Comguard records showed a priority package was delivered to him the day before the IDOC decided to seek the best and final offers, the documents alleged.
		Ryan had his SOS staff contact the comptroller's office to arrange for expedited handling of the vouchers for Comguard, according to the documents.
	www.nbc5.com /news/4048312/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65193 (847 words)

	IL Governor Halts Executions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chicago -- Gov. George Ryan plans to block the execution of any Death Row inmate until a special panel is created to investigate the state's capital-punishment system, in effect imposing a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois, a top aide said Saturday.
		Ryan acted because of the state's troubling track record of exonerating more Death Row inmates than it has executed and in response to a recent Tribune investigation that exposed the death-penalty system's flaws, said his spokesman, Dennis Culloton.
		Ryan still supports the death penalty but is deeply troubled by the prevalence of wrongful convictions and flawed prosecutions, Culloton said.
	www.truthinjustice.org /haltdp.htm (1119 words)

	CNN.com - 'Blanket commutation' empties Illinois death row - Jan. 13, 2003
		Ryan's decision affects 156 inmates on death row in Illinois and 11 others who have been sentenced to death but who were not in the custody of the Department of Corrections because they are awaiting re-sentencing or trials in other cases.
		A panel Ryan appointed to examine capital punishment and review the cases of all death row inmates concluded last year that Illinois had applied capital punishment too often since it was re-established in the state in 1977.
		Ryan said he decided to pardon the four men rather than commute their sentences to life because he is convinced they did not commit the crimes that sent them to death row.
	www.cnn.com /2003/LAW/01/11/illinois.death.row (1088 words)

	Ryan convicted in corruption trial -- chicagotribune.com
		George Ryan Sr., a consummate political dealmaker who rose to become Illinois' 39th governor, was convicted Monday on sweeping federal corruption charges of wielding power to help himself and his friends.
		Ryan's lawyer, Dan Webb, signaled an appeal was certain and would focus on U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer's decision to oust two jurors eight days into a first round of deliberations for concealing arrest records during jury selection in September.
		The conviction marked a stunning fall from grace for Ryan, the third former governor to be convicted of wrongdoing in Illinois history.
	www.chicagotribune.com /news/custom/newsroom/chi-060417ryantrial,0,4525779.story?coll=chi-homepagepromo440-fea (722 words)

	Illinois Governor Ryan Commutes 156 Death Sentences
		Ryan's action less than two days before leaving office capped his three-year campaign to reform the death penalty process that began when he declared a moratorium on executions.
		While Ryan issued four pardons Friday of death row inmates who he said were innocent but coerced into making false confessions by police torture, his commutations include some of the state's most notorious convicted killers.
		Ryan explained his decision in a letter to families of victims of the death row inmates, saying he is prepared to live with the fact that all people won't accept his actions.
	www.ccadp.org /news-ryan2003.htm (1693 words)

	DOJ press release on indictment of former governor George Ryan
		Ryan and certain of his associates allegedly engaged in a pattern of corruption that included performing official government acts, awarding lucrative government contracts and leases, and using the resources of the State of Illinois for the personal and financial benefit of Ryan, members of his family, his campaign organization and certain associates.
		Ryan, 69, of Kankakee, who was elected Secretary of State in 1990, re-elected in 1994, and elected Governor in 1998, was charged with racketeering conspiracy, nine counts of mail fraud, three counts of making false statements, one count of income tax fraud and four counts of filing false federal income tax returns.
		Ryan wrote, and caused CFR agents to write, false and misleading notations on CFR checks issued to family members, indicating that checks were for “consulting” or “campaign work” when, in fact, the payments were gifts to family members.
	www.ipsn.org /ryan_george/DOJ_ryan_press_rel.htm (5377 words)

	The Friends of George Ryan Fund
		This fund was formed at the behest of friends who are seeking to support former Governor of Illinois, George Ryan.
		According to a Ryan spokesman, "The fund's purpose is strictly for defraying legal expenses".
		One of Governor Ryan's most significant actions, in the face of enormous pressure and incurring the wrath of many other lawmakers, was declaring a moratorium on executions in Illinois and establishing a commission to comprehensibly review the system of capital punishment.
	www.georgeryanfund.com (269 words)

	NBC5.com - News - Feds Charge Former Gov. George Ryan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The indictment alleges Ryan and his associates engaged in a pattern of corruption that included performing official acts, awarding lucrative government contracts and leases, and using state resources to benefit himself, members of his family and his political organization.
		Ryan declined to seek a second term as polls showed his standing with voters plunging as prosecutors won convictions against two of his top aides.
		Ryan also traveled to South Africa and to Cuba, and was the dinner guest of Fidel Castro.
	www.nbc5.com /news/2710256/detail.html (830 words)

	Governor George Ryan: An Address on the Death Penalty
		George H. Ryan is the Governor of Illinois.
		Governor Ryan was in Cuba on that day and could not attend, but he graciously made room in his schedule today because he wanted to be here and address the issue, and we are very grateful that he was able to clear his calendar in order to be here.
		QUESTION: Governor Ryan, you've said many times that the purpose of the moratorium was to insure that no innocent person was killed by the state and that you support a plan or change of the system so that no innocent people will ever be executed.
	pewforum.org /events/index.php?EventID=28 (7300 words)

	Chicagoist: Will the Real George Ryan Please Stand Up?
		When the George Ryan defense team got underway at his corruption trial earlier this month, we thought his attorneys, after damaging testimony from prosecution witnesses, would work hard to show that Ryan’s actions may have been sleazy, but not criminal.
		Ryan’s former Chief of Computer Operations testified Ryan’s choice of computer system for the state was the result of rational decision making, and not influenced by lobbyists.
		On Monday Ryan’s pastor testified that the former governor is a man of “integrity, honor, and compassion.” The pastor also hinted at Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois, an issue from which the defense was warned to stay away.
	www.chicagoist.com /archives/2006/02/15/will_the_real_george_ryan_please_stand_up.php (525 words)

	Daily Herald \| George Ryan Trial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That was certainly the case in 1998 when George Ryan was running for governor and quietly sought the support of gay rights groups, according to court documents in the former governor’s ongoing corruption trial, which continues this week in Chicago.
		Ryan wanted to pick up the support of gays who viewed him as less hostile than Poshard, but he also didn’t want to alienate his conservative Republican support, the documents claim.
		Ryan wanted to be able to say he’d never met with Garcia’s groups, “and I couldn’t say ‘Hey, I’m helping this Republican become governor of the state of Illinois,’æ” Garcia said.
	www.dailyherald.com /special/georgeryantrial/ryanstory.asp?id=126034 (870 words)

	George Ryan found guilty on all counts \| Crain's Chicago Business
		Ryan becomes the third former chief executive of Illinois to be convicted of federal misconduct in recent decades.
		The trial capped an eight-year investigation of corruption when Ryan, a Republican, was secretary of state for eight years in the 1990s and governor for four starting in 1999.
		They said that in return, Ryan was rewarded with free annual winter vacations in Jamaica as well as stays in Cancun and Palm Springs and valuables ranging from $145,000 in loans to his brother Tom's floundering business to a free golf bag.
	www.chicagobusiness.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?id=20226 (637 words)

	A Talk With Governor George Ryan
		Ryan's moratorium received international attention, but his journey to that decision remained a largely private matter.
		Ryan, whose family owned several neighborhood drugstores in Kankakee for forty years, joined the Illinois legislature in the 1970s as a staunch law-and-order man. "I believed some crimes were so heinous that the only proper way of protecting society was execution.
		In September 1998, as Ryan was running for governor, an Illinois inmate named Anthony Porter, a man with an IQ of 51, was scheduled to die for a 1982 murder.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20010108/shapiro (828 words)

	Gov. George Ryan indicted - Los Angeles Times
		Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was charged in a federal racketeering indictment with conspiracy and fraud while he was governor and secretary of state.
		Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was charged today in a federal racketeering indictment with conspiracy and fraud while he was governor and secretary of state.
		RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY: One count: From 1990 to at least 2002, George Ryan, his friend Lawrence Warner and others allegedly "engaged in a scheme to defraud" Illinois by using his government positions to obtain financial benefits for himself, his family and his campaign fund.
	www.latimes.com /news/local/chi-ryanindictment-special,0,7890047.special (594 words)

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