# Illinois Governor Gets 6 1/2 Years
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 6, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695 "2006-09-06T20:50:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695/1 "2006-09-06T20:50:52Z")
Not entirely sure this is the correct forum. If not feel free to move as needed.
Former Governor George Ryan was sentenced today to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 for various charges he was convicted of back in April.
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> Ryan was convicted in April of racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, tax fraud and lying to FBI agents.
from [here](http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_249141409.html).
Just the latest in Illinois politics.
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### Author:  [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695/2 "2006-09-06T21:16:42Z")
I guess 6 1/2 is better than nothing. The best thing is that his political career is over.
Are there really states where everything on the news isn’t about some politician or judge or alderman or somebody like that going to jail? Or do I just live to close to “Da City”?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695/3 "2006-09-06T21:28:26Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#):
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> I guess 6 1/2 is better than nothing. The best thing is that his political career is over.
> Are there really states where everything on the news isn’t about some politician or judge or alderman or somebody like that going to jail? Or do I just live to close to “Da City”?
I’ve heard of these places, but I don’t really believe in them.
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695/4 "2006-09-06T21:51:42Z")
It would be great if this was the beginning of a trend and they nailed scum Jim Thompson, next.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695/5 "2006-09-06T21:58:03Z")
It’s probably going to be Rod “Public Official ‘A’” Blagojevich next.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-gets-6-1-2-years/371695/6 "2006-09-06T22:05:03Z")
> [@Mr. Rosewater](#):
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> It’s probably going to be Rod “Public Official ‘A’” Blagojevich next.
I hope they call it “Governor Blagojevich’s Governor Blagojevich Trial”
(For those of you not from Illinois, the man is infamous for attaching his name before every damn program, even those he works so hard to prevent. And it’s “Blah-GOY-a-vitch”.)