CHICAGO – Federal prosecutors say they will oppose former Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s attempts to be released early from prison.
Prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago that they don’t agree that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling curtailing anti-fraud laws applies to Ryan’s 2006 corruption conviction.
Attorneys for the former Republican governor have filed a motion seeking to have parts of that conviction overturned.
Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer has given prosecutors four weeks to file a response to the motion. She set a Nov. 1 court date for arguments.
The 76-year-old Ryan is serving a more than six-year sentence and is scheduled for release in 2013.