"Justice" comes Full circle.
Ex-Governor Is Sentenced To Prison
Ryan Plans to Appeal Corruption Conviction
By Peter SlevinWashington Post Staff WriterCHICAGO, Sept. 6 -- Former governor George H. Ryan, who won global attention for emptying Illinois's death row, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for a decade of tawdry corruption and official lies that he minimized to the end.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer rejected Ryan's request for leniency, saying that he violated the public trust through sweetheart deals and political favoritism. If Ryan thinks the allegations were "relatively minor or insignificant," Pallmeyer said, "I would suggest they are anything but."
How potentially ironic. Maybe one or more of the death row inmates he commuted will thank hizzonner personally. Very personally. Over and over and over. Ooooh.
Ryan Plans to Appeal Corruption Conviction
By Peter SlevinWashington Post Staff WriterCHICAGO, Sept. 6 -- Former governor George H. Ryan, who won global attention for emptying Illinois's death row, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for a decade of tawdry corruption and official lies that he minimized to the end.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer rejected Ryan's request for leniency, saying that he violated the public trust through sweetheart deals and political favoritism. If Ryan thinks the allegations were "relatively minor or insignificant," Pallmeyer said, "I would suggest they are anything but."
How potentially ironic. Maybe one or more of the death row inmates he commuted will thank hizzonner personally. Very personally. Over and over and over. Ooooh.
posted by Dalt Danyon at 4:02 PM
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