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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/4/2008
AG Madigan comes out against Ryan clemency | Clout Street - local political coverage
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Posted by Monique Garcia at 4:45 p.m. Democratic Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said today that she does not agree with Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's decision to send a letter to President George W. Bush asking him to commute the federal corruption sentence of former Republican Gov. ...
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/4/2008
Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Monique Garcia at 2:15 p.m. Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today stood behind his decision to ask President George W. Bush to commute the federal corruption prison sentence of former Republican Illinois Gov. George Ryan to time served. ... (more) Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | ...

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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/8/2008
Blagojevich: 'Nothing but sunshine hanging over me' | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Updated by Monique Garcia at 12:30 p.m. Gov. Rod Blagojevich responded today to the Chicago Tribune's report that he has been recorded by federal investigators, saying people should "feel free" to tape him because everything he says is lawful. The ... (more) Blagojevich: 'Nothing but sunshine hanging over me' | ...
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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/9/2008
Gov. to Zell: Reorganize newspaper’s editorial board | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Rick Pearson at 5:45 p.m. Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today he didn’t view it as surprising that Tribune Co. filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy code and said he believed one part of the reorganizing process should be to change ... (more) Gov. to Zell: Reorganize newspaper’s editorial board | ...
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Attorney General Madigan Speaks Out Against Ryan Clemency
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined the chorus of politicians opposing clemency for jailed former Governor George Ryan Wednesday. Madigan donned her prosecutor's cap in breaking with fellow Democrat, Senator Dick Durbin, whose letter to President Bush urging clemency for Ryan ignited the debate. From the Tribune's account: "I respect the work that Sen. Durbin has done for the people of the state of Illinois, but I think he's wrong to seek a commutation for former Gov. Ryan's sentence," Madigan said. "As a ...

Let him rot
Wizbang — There's a movement among certain Illinois politicians in order to get President Bush to pardon former IL Republican Governor George Ryan. Democratic Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said today that she does not agree with Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's decision to send a letter to President George W. Bush asking him to commute the federal corruption sentence of former Republican Gov. George Ryan. Madigan, a potential governor candidate in 2010, said Ryan must be held responsible for the 1994 deaths of the six Willis children. They were killed when the family van caught ...

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