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Durbin weighs asking Bush to commute ex-Gov. Ryan
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 25, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With President Bush now acting on a wave of clemency petitions, Illinois' senior senator said today he’s weighing whether to ask Bush to set former Gov. Ryan free from federal prison.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he has not made up his mind whether to send a letter to the president. But he said he is thinking about doing so after hearing from former first lady Lura Lynn Ryan within the past year about the personal loss her husband's imprisonment has had on their family.
"Let's look at the price he's paid," Durbin told reporters at the Statehouse. "His family name has been damaged. He is at an advanced moment in his life and been removed from his family. He has lost the economic security, which most people count on at his age. And he's separate from his wife at a time when she is in frail health.
"To say that he's paid a price for his wrongdoing, he certainly has. And the question is whether continued imprisonment is appropriate at this point," Durbin said. |
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