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Ryan issues an apology
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan apologized to the state Friday for crimes in office that have landed him in federal prison, saying as a public official he had done "less than my best, and for that I am sorry." "I want to make things right in my heart with God, with my family and with those I have hurt," Ryan said in a statement released by his attorneys. "As a former public official, a husband, a father and a grandfather, I apologize." The statement is to be sent to President George W. Bush as an addition to the petition for clemency filed weeks ago. Ryan is hoping Bush will commute his sentence to time served. Ryan, 74, has served one year of a 6 ˝-year sentence for racketeering, fraud and other crimes while he was Illinois secretary of state and later governor.
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