Convicted ex. Ill. Gov. Ryan must give up his $200,000 pension

Well, Superman is right. Crime does not pay, nor does it pay your pension, as former Ill. Governor George H. Ryan found out this afternoon. Because Ryan, a Kankakee Republican, was a state representative, speaker of the state house, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and then governor, his yearly pension is just short of $200,000 a year. But his pension, because of his recent conviction of fraud charges, has been forfeited.

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