George Ryan, Illinois governor who halted executions, dies at 91 A Republican and former pharmacist, he cleared the state’s death row and imposed a moratorium on capital punishment.

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.

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.

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91, former Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin said Friday. The Republican served as governor from 1999 to 2003. ABC7 Chicago is ...

CHICAGO — George Homer Ryan served one term as Illinois governor, his scandal-clouded tenure and subsequent imprisonment on federal corruption charges overshadowing a nationally historic move to ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan has died at age 91. Ryan emptied the state’s death row after he became an opponent of capital punishment. The Republican was later accused of using government ...

Funeral arrangements were announced Sunday for former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who died last week. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, at the Schreffler Funeral Home ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois politicians reacted Friday to the death of 91-year-old former Illinois Governor George Ryan. The embattled Republican served as governor from 1999 to 2003.

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, and who later went to prison for ...

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.

George Homer Ryan was born in Maquoketa, Iowa, on Feb. 23, 1934, and grew up in Kankakee. After serving in the Army, he married his high school sweetheart Lura Lynn Lowe in 1956 and followed his ...