Embattled former Illinois Gov. George Ryan has died at age 91.
Ryan, who served as Illinois’ governor from 1999 to 2003, passed away Friday morning, according to former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, a close friend of Ryan’s.
During his time in politics, Ryan joined a long list of Illinois politicians who spent time behind bars for corruption allegations.
Ryan served five years in prison in a case spurred by the 1994 highway crash that killed six children of Scott and Janet Willis. The truck driver who caused the accident had received a license through a bribe from a staffer in Ryan’s office when he was Secretary of State.
In 2014, Ryan told the Chicago Sun-Times he prays for the Willis children daily but feels no responsibility for their deaths. The former governor was released from prison in July 2013.
During a 2015 talk, Ryan said serving time on corruption charges gave him a new perspective on the criminal justice system.
“Justice is supposed to be blind, but the fact is most people are blind about the justice system,” Ryan said. “Those of us who have been there and are coming out of prison wondering what is going on. There are people concerned about what is going to happen to us, but I am not sure they care that much.”
Ryan was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $603,348.
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