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 ...

She dodges a sentence of up to 20 years in prison on each count ... and pardoned people like ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in addition to Jan. 6 protesters in his second term.

George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some ... who promised to clean up Springfield — Rod Blagojevich. Later, as federal investigators probed ...

George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some ... who promised to clean up Springfield — Rod Blagojevich. Later, as federal investigators probed ...

Williams, 69, had served 21 years in prison on a nonviolent drug crime ... A case in point: his commutation and eventual pardon of Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois.

the founder of the now-defunct Silk Road online marketplace who had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015; and Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on ...

He will be missed." Ryan was succeeded in office by Rod Blagojevich, who also served time in prison for federal corruption charges that included trying to sell off a U.S. Senate appointment to the ...

the founder of the now-defunct Silk Road online marketplace who had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015; and Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on ...