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by Adam Doster
5:51pm
Thu Dec 4, 2008
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Readers Sound Off On Ryan Clemency

George Ryan

President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama
both declined to weigh in on the issue, but our readers sure didn’t. As
promised, here are a few of the most interesting responses from
Tuesday’s query
about whether former Gov. George Ryan should be granted ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:33pm
Tue Dec 2, 2008
19 comments

Your Thoughts On Clemency For Ryan?

George Ryan

Last Wednesday, after Sen. Dick Durbin said he was considering whether to ask President Bush to commute former Gov. George Ryan's prison sentence, we provided a round-up of editorial board opinion on the subject (which was unanimous in opposition to the idea).  In the week ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:00pm
Wed Nov 26, 2008

Spilling Ink: Clemency For Ryan?

George Ryan

At a Springfield news conference on Tuesday, Dick Durbin said he believes that George Ryan “has paid a price for his wrongdoing.”
With that in mind, the Illinois senator is mulling whether to
support clemency for the imprisoned former governor, who has served 13 months of
...