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Bush Asked To Commute Sentence Of Ex-Ill. Governor

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Dec 1, 2008 1:45 pm US/Central

Bush Asked To Commute Sentence Of Ex-Ill. Governor

  Sen. Dick Durbin has asked the president to commute the corruption sentence of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.

The Democratic senator released a letter Monday in which he asked President George W. Bush to "consider commuting the sentence of George Ryan to time served."

The 74-year-old Republican former governor has served one year of a 6 1/2-year sentence for racketeering, fraud and other offenses.

He was convicted of steering contracts, using state resources to run campaigns and killing an investigation of bribes paid in exchange for truck driver licenses.

Durbin has said the former governor paid a price by losing his government pension, having his family name ruined and being separated from his frail wife.

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