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George Ryan Appeal Good News For Blagojevich

Former Governor Rod Blagojevich is likely seeing a bit of light at the end of his tunnel.  John Marshall Law School Professor Ann Lousin [[ Lou-seen ]] says news that his predecessor, George Ryan, is getting another shot at an appeal, has probably put fire under Blagojevich's own plan to appeal.  

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The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to reconsider Ryan's appeal.  It's all based on a technicality that points back to The Honest Services Law.  Appeals Court Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook says Ryan's case could've had a different outcome had he directly challenged the mail-fraud statute of the Honest Services Law, instead of claiming there were errors with the jury instructions.  Ryan has about two years left on a six-and-a-half-year sentence.  Blagojevich is just six weeks into his 14-year sentence.

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