When George Ryan, a small-town pharmacist turned Illinois governor, stood before the world in 2000 to halt his state’s death penalty, he didn’t just pause executions — he ignited a global ...

Rocky marriage. That’s the only way HBO Chief Casey Bloys can describe what it’s like to work with the talented (and often unpredictable) creator that is George R.R. Martin. While talking ...

Lura Lynn Ryan, wife of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, stands with attorneys Dan Webb, left at microphone, and former Gov. Jim Thompson, hand on her shoulder, on Sept. 8, 2010, as they talk to ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.

George Homer Ryan was born in Maquoketa, Iowa, on Feb. 23, 1934, and grew up in Kankakee. After serving in the Army, he married his high school sweetheart Lura Lynn Lowe in 1956 and followed his ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who put a moratorium on executions in 2000 and later commuted the death sentences of more than 160 inmates before leaving office, died on May 2. He was 91.

George Ryan dies at 91; former Illinois governor halted executions, but went to prison amid corruption scandal His one term as governor ended amid accusations he used government offices to reward ...

The finale of Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery undoubtedly raised the same questions the nation had after Casey, accused of murdering her two-year-old child, was found not guilty on July ...

Rocky marriage. That’s the only way HBO Chief Casey Bloys can describe what it’s like to work with the talented (and often unpredictable) creator that is George R.R. Martin. While talking ...

Rocky marriage. That’s the only way HBO Chief Casey Bloys can describe what it’s like to work with the talented (and often unpredictable) creator that is George R.R. Martin. While talking ...