Skillcorn

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon won’t step in to stop the execution of Dennis Skillicorn.

In a statement released late today, Nixon said he was denying Skillicorn’s clemency petition. Skillicorn is scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow for the…

Blagojevich, left, and Ryan

One person surely not happy to hear the news that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been arrested on federal corruption charges is his predecessor, George Ryan, currently prisoner No. 16627-424 at the federal prison camp in Terre Haute, Ind.

Ryan, now…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, today officially requested that President Bush grant clemency to former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who is serving a federal prison sentence for corruption.

“Though no one can or should excuse his official misconduct,…

Ryan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has added his voice to the list of Illinois pols calling on outgoing President George W. Bush to commute the corruption prison sentence of Blagojevich’s predecessor, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.

Blagojevich, a Democrat, made…