Court Statement of Former Governor George H. Ryan, Sr.

CHICAGO -- Court Statement of Former Governor George H. Ryan, Sr.:

Judge Pallmeyer:

Thank you for allowing me the time to present my plea directly to you.

As you know, your Honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. , I am not a lawyer. In addition to my years in public service, I also practiced pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. with my family for over 40 years in Kankakee. I have never really addressed a judge in a legal proceeding. But I have so much at stake in your decision, I felt compelled to come here today to beg you for a continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. in my case. Not only is my freedom, at stake, but my entire life's work Life's Work is a sitcom that aired from 1996 to 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel that starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney who had a husband named Kevin Hunter is at stake, my reputation and that of two following generations of my family -- two have six adult children -- all married -- and seventeen grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. who have a stake in the outcome of my trial for many years into the future.

When I was elected Governor in 1999, I was only the 39th person in the history of Illinois Pre-Columbian

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Cahokia, the urban center of the pre-Columbian Mississippian culture, was located near present-day Collinsville, Illinois. to hold that position. That put me into the spotlight, unlike any other defendant in any other case. I have been told by many that I have been vilified more than any defendant in recent history. In addition, my attorneys say they have never seen a more complicated criminal case. The government has put together a lengthy, complicated series of charges after more than six years of intense investigation. They have amassed hundreds of thousands of pages of interviews, reports and grand jury testimony. Just recently, the government informed my counsel that they have interviewed nearly 1,100 witnesses and are prepared to call over 100 witnesses at trial. In addition, I would guess they have spent several millions of dollars. That makes it very difficult for me to defend myself at trial.

I believe when I practiced pharmacy people came to me because they trusted me and my ability to fill their prescriptions correctly. They had faith in me, your Honor.

That is the same reasons that people carefully select their physicians -- because they have faith in them and their ability to treat their health problems.

Today, your Honor, I ask this Court only that I be allowed to defend myself with the lawyer of my choice: the person that I have faith in, the person that I believe can best take care of my legal ailments while also giving my family the best shot for their future. To be denied or forced to accept anyone other than the attorney of my choice, Dan Webb, seems to me to be unfair and unjust UNJUST. That which is done against the perfect rights of another; that which is against the established law; that which is opposed to a law which is the test of right and wrong. 1 Toull. tit. prel. n. 5; Aust. Jur. 276, n.; Hein. Lec. El. Sec. 1080. . The stakes are too high and the outcome of the trial too important to force me to proceed without the lawyer of my choice -- Dan Webb.

The government has taken more than six years to compile To translate a program written in a high-level programming language into machine language. See compiler. charges against me. Five more months will not harm anyone, and I beg you, your Honor, to allow the time requested for Dan Webb to defend me. I beg you, your Honor, not to stop me from using a man I have great faith in to defend me and my family. Your Honor, Dan Webb is not replaceable, and I respectfully re·spect·ful
adj.
Showing or marked by proper respect.

re·spectful·ly adv. request that you approve our motion for continuance.

Thank you, Judge Pallmeyer, for hearing me and for taking the time to consider my plea.

GEORGE H. RYAN, SR.

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