Good work Fitzgerald and team!!
Former Ill. governor sentenced to 6 years
George Ryan, 72, convicted of racketeering conspiracy, fraud in April
CHICAGO - Former Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced to 6 years in prison Wednesday in the corruption scandal that ended his political career.
"People of this state expected better, and I let them down," the 72-year-old Ryan said in court before hearing his sentence.
Federal prosecutors had asked for a sentence of eight to 10 years. Defense attorneys told U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer that even a sentence of 2 years would deprive Ryan of the last healthy years of his life.
Ryan was convicted in April of racketeering conspiracy, fraud and other offenses for taking payoffs from political insiders in exchange for state business while he was Illinois secretary of state from 1991 to 1999 and governor for four years after that. The verdict capped Illinois' biggest political corruption trial in decades.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14703115/
Next on bat: Conrad Black....
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