Kankakee residents joined Illinois political veterans to honor former Gov. George Ryan at a funeral service on Thursday.

George Ryan is best known for declaring a state moratorium on the death penalty in 2000 that eventually led to its abolition.

A funeral will be held Thursday for the late former Illinois Governor George Ryan. He died last Friday at the age of 91.He ...

Family and friends will honor the life of former Illinois Governor George Ryan at a memorial service on Thursday. Ryan died ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91. He served prison time for federal corruption charges.

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, who served from 1999 to 2003, passed away at the age of 91 and was honored with a memorial service in his hometown of Kankakee, where he was remembered as a ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91. He served prison time for federal corruption charges.

George Ryan, the former Illinois governor who went to prison for corruption but helped end the state's death penalty, died ...

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

Governor George Ryan, who died at 91. His tenure is noted for imposing a death penalty moratorium, but also a prison term for ...

George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, Illinoia House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, who served as Governor from 1999-2003 and also held positions as Secretary of State and ...