A recent US Supreme Court decision limiting prosecution for violating 'honest services" laws gave the Kankakee pol and his lawyers hope that he could be released from prison. But a US Appeals court vetoed that idea, as NBC's Ward Room tells us:
"George Ryan, as a public official, had a duty to provide honest services to the people of the state of Illinois who elected him," reads the opinion by Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook." And the evidence in this case has shown that he repeatedly violated that duty.Ryan's prison sentence, barring any changes, will end on July 4, 2013.
"The benefits included free vacations, loans, gifts, campaign contributions, as well as lobbying money that Ryan assigned or directed to his buddies. In short, Ryan sold his office. He might as well have put up a 'for sale' sign on the office."
On a related note, fellow conservative blogger ThirdWaveDave, who grew up in central Illinois and lived for a while in Kankakee, is very ill. Pray for him.
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