Former governor George Ryan is now serving the rest of his prison sentence at his home in Kankakee.
Hi lawyer, former governor Jim Thompson, says he’s with family and “very happy.”
He will not be required to wear an electronic monitoring device.
It was a busy day for Ryan. He was released from a federal prison camp in Terre Haute, Indiana around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
He checked into a halfway house on Chicago’s West Side just before 7 a.m. , and was let go less than an hour later.
The Bureau of Prisons told Ryan he would be sent home Tuesday as he was released from the prison in Indiana.
14 Comments to “Ex-gov. Ryan leaves halfway house, returns home”
January 30, 2013 at 11:02 AM
good I think the man has suffered enough! let him live out the rest of his life in peace. this is what happens when you don't play ball with the right people. I wish the man well.
January 30, 2013 at 10:01 PM
Bs he let a truck driver traverse a vehicle that killed 6 children.
H needs to spend last of dying days thinking about that
January 30, 2013 at 11:17 AM
I agree with t.mac, enough about Ryan, he's paid his dues, the media scrutiny is a sentence within itself.
January 30, 2013 at 11:33 AM
get your self a fine women, good drink, and a cool ciga,r and f every body else
January 30, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Just what makes him any different from other politicians who have served federal time? So what? They let him go home without having to be fitted for an ankle bracelet. Make him do what any other person would have to do.
January 30, 2013 at 12:10 PM
By the way, what time will the six kids that were burned to death in that van be returning home?
January 30, 2013 at 1:09 PM
I agree! Thanks ex-con-gov Ryan for giving out that License to kill 6 kids.
January 30, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Poor guy, he's lost his wife, brother, reputation, and common decency. But at least he did not lose 6 children like that family whose van was demolished by one of many illegally licensed truck drivers so that Lyin' Ryan could have a nice vacation.
January 30, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Yeah he should have been sentenced longer and he should have not been allowed to see his wife on her death bed – special treatment is not given to anyonw else who is locked up and loose a loved one. They can't go say good-bye – lucky if the family has enough money to pay to have them go see the body before the funeral
January 30, 2013 at 1:09 PM
http://www.rrstar.com/news/x2114549768/George-Rya…
not to negate the fact that 6 innocent children died because of, B.S. that should not have ever transpired.. but personally the whole, the whole issue for him might have been his decisions on the death row.
January 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Who said that his release was ground breaking news? This is not news to me. Rather not important news.
January 30, 2013 at 1:57 PM
Have you heard from Blogo?
January 30, 2013 at 2:53 PM
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