By Robert D. McFadden George H. Ryan, the Illinois governor who reopened a national debate over capital punishment in 2000 by imposing a moratorium on death-row executions in his state ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91. Former Republican State Rep. Jim Durkin confirmed Ryan's death. Sources said Ryan and his family recently were in Florida ...

Paul Simon. (AP Photo/M. SpencerGreen, File) New Illinois state Rep. George Ryan stands in front of the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., in 1973. (AP Photo/The (Kankakee) Daily Journal, File) ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan Dies at 91. He Halted Executions and Went to Prison for Corruption SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died.

George Ryan, a former Illinois governor who was praised by human rights advocates for clearing the state’s death row and issuing a moratorium on executions, but who was later disgraced by a ...

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