Nat Journ Jul 3
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/now-there-s-only-one-illinois-governor-in-federal-custody-20130703
" . . . former Gov. George Ryan became a free man on Wednesday. . . "
The 79-year-old former Republican governor was sentenced in 2006 for charges stemming from his time as the secretary of state for Illinois where he was involved in a bribes-for-licenses operation. One of the men who received a driver's license from the scheme was driving a truck with loose metal flapping along a Wisconsin highway. The driver couldn't understand the warnings of passing vehicles, having never learned English—a requirement for licenses in Illinois.
When the metal fell off the semi-truck near Milwaukee, it hit the highway, flew under a minivan and ruptured its gas tank, which exploded into flames. Six children were burned to death in the accident. It was Election Day in 1994. The parents had just voted to reelect Ryan as secretary of state. . . . "
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