Governor Ryan’s Conviction Affirmed
While checking in at my favorite legal blog, Above the Law, I saw breaking news that a divided Seventh Circuit panel affirmed the conviction of Former Governor George Ryan. For more on this story, check the AtL thread here. Also, the Sun Times put together an archive of stories Gov. Ryan’s trial here.
Governor Ryan looks like hell.
Interestingly, former Governor Jim Thompson was one of Governor Ryan’s laywers in this case, and Thompson’s firm Winston and Strawn represented Governor Ryan free of charge. This might cause some debate in the legal world of whether or not Winston should be able to claim this work was “pro bono.”
Comment by Allan Niemerg on 21 August 2007 at 5:03 pm:
Good. I liked Ryan, but he was a crook. He got what he deserved.