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Former Governor Ryan briefly released from prison to visit dying wife

By Douglas A. Berman

This local news report, which is headlined "Ryan secretly visited ailing wife, prosecutors say," updates an interesting high-profile story of prison policy and procedure. Here are the particulars: Former Gov. George Ryan visited his ailing wife Wednesday night for two hours, according to a court filing Friday by the U.S. Attorney?s Office in Chicago ? something that his lawyers haven?t disclosed as they sought his release on bail,. Ryan was released from a federal prison for the visit and escorted by federal Bureau of Prisons officials, prosecutors said. On Wednesday, Lura Lynn Ryan was taken to a Kankakee hospital after going into what her doctors described as septic shock. Her condition was called ?very grave? by former Gov. James Thompson, a family friend and attorney who?s been making the case in the news media for Ryan?s release...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 07, 2011 (boomark / email).