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.

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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.

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 Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years after his release from federal prison. He died just one day ...

Family and friends will honor the life of former Illinois Governor George Ryan at a memorial service on Thursday. Ryan died Friday, after a short stint in hospice. He was 91 years old. Ryan had a ...

Gov. George Ryan also served as Illinois Secretary of State and Speaker of the House. Ryan served five-and-a-half years in federal prison on corruption charges. Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan ...

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 ...