George Ryan, the former Republican governor of Illinois, died at the age of 91, leaving behind a legacy as a champion of ...

The single-term Republican leaves behind a complicated history. He spent five years in federal prison after being convicted ...

Ryan, the Illinois governor who reopened a national debate ... Months later, as his term ended, Mr. Ryan pardoned four death-row inmates whose innocence had been proved by new evidence.

the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. In one of the earliest acts of his presidency, Trump granted a blanket pardon to virtually ...

In virtually his last act as governor, he emptied death row with pardons and commutations in 2003. “Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious — and therefore immoral — I no ...

In virtually his last act as governor, he emptied death row with pardons and commutations in 2003. “Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious — and therefore ...

In virtually his last act as governor, he emptied death row with pardons and commutations in 2003. “Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious — and therefore ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Republican Las ... the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. Trump also granted clemency ...

A case in point: his commutation and eventual pardon of Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois. He was convicted in 2011 on charges related to trying to sell an appointment to ...

In virtually his last act as governor, he emptied death row with pardons and commutations in 2003. “Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious — and therefore ...