George Ryan

George Ryan

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  Chicago's next US attorney faces urgent dilemma

  Chicago's next U.S. attorney faces a dilemma sprung from the twin evils bedeviling America's third-largest city. Should he zero in on Illinois' deep ... 

• Court won't hear appeal from ex-Ill. governor

  The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan over his corruption conviction. The justices on Tuesday turned away Ryan's ... 

• Patrick Fitzgerald takes on Socrates at mock trial

  Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted mobsters, terrorists, a White House aide and two Illinois governors. On Thursday, the former top prosecutor got a ... 

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  Ex-Ill. governor returns home after prison release

  Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from prison before dawn Wednesday, stopping only briefly at a halfway house before he was allowed to ... 

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  Former Ill. Gov. Ryan to be released from prison

  George Ryan on Wednesday will become the latest former Illinois governor to go through a prison door. This time, he's headed out. Ryan is being ... 

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  Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan faces changed world after prison

  When former Illinois Gov. George Ryan steps out of prison on Wednesday after serving five-plus years for corruption, he will return to a life altered ... 

• 4 of Illinois' last 7 governors went to prison

  Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan will be leaving prison and heading to a halfway house after serving more than five years for corruption. 

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  Chicago's next prosecutor to be more of an insider

  The lanky, soft-spoken lawman from New York arrived in Chicago with a mandate to clean up corruption-plagued Illinois. And after a decade on the job, ...