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George Ryan's final campaign
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Sep 10, 2005 08:40pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Sunday, September 11, 2005 02:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | George Ryan waits on a sidewalk downtown, wife Lura Lynn beside him, both of them looking for their van and a ride home.
Behind him is the DePaul University law school, where, to great praise and applause, he has just told the improbable story of how he—a small-town pharmacist by training, a politician by trade—came to reckon with the death penalty.
Just down the street is the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse building, where, come Sept. 19, he will go on trial on federal corruption charges.
Passersby stare. Some stop and wish him well. A woman asks, "Didn't you used to be Governor George Ryan?" drawing a laugh from the former governor. Then a man approaches. "Didn't you get busted?"
Blinking behind large eyeglasses on this mild day, Ryan briefly stammers and says, no, he has not been arrested. He glances down Jackson Street, searching for the van and looking more than a little like someone eager for an escape.
Ryan gathers himself, then looks the man in the eyes and offers a slight clarification: He was indicted, that is true, but his trial has not yet started.
"Well, if you didn't do it, I hope you beat it," the man says. "If you did, well ..." He then disappears into the thick pedestrian traffic. |
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