Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, Sr. on Wednesday petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse the Seventh Circuit’s affirmance of his fraud and racketeering convictions. The 37-page petition for certiorari focused primarily on juror misconduct and other jury issues including the replacement of two jurors 8 days into deliberations. The AP story is here. Ryan was convicted in April 2006 on 18 counts for steering state business to associates in exchange for bribes, obstructing anti-corruption efforts to in order to protect his fundraising and misusing state resources for political gain. He is currently serving a 78 month prison sentence. In August 2007 a sharply divided panel of the Seventh US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his appeal.
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