Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan Indicted on Corruption

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20031217/ap_on_re_us/ryan_indicted

CHICAGO - Former Gov. George Ryan, who gained a worldwide reputation as a critic of the death penalty, was indicted Wednesday on charges of taking payoffs in a corruption scandal that shadowed his entire four years in office and cut short his political career.


Prosecutors said the 69-year-old Republican and his family took cash, gifts, vacations and other favors to steer state business to friends (news - web sites) and associates while he was governor and, before that, Illinois secretary of state.


"Basically the state (news - web sites) of Illinois was for sale," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said.


Ryan did not immediately return a call for comment and no one answered the door at his home in Kankakee. Timothy Rooney, a partner of Ryan defense attorney Dan K. Webb, said a statement would be released later.

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