Guilty of all charges: Ex-governor glares at jury, vows to appeal corruption conviction

George H. Ryan Sr., the 39th governor of Illinois, a Nobel PeacePrize nominee and the emancipator of Death Row, is now a convictedfelon.

After a nearly six-month trial in which Ryan put up a vigorousdefense, a federal jury on Monday delivered a stinging verdict,finding him guilty of all 18 counts, ranging from racketeering tolying to the FBI, in a case built largely on circumstantial evidence.Ryan's co-defendant, Lawrence Warner, was also convicted on allcounts.

It capped one of the most significant public corruption trials inIllinois history and followed more than 10 days of deliberations by ajury reconstituted last month when two jurors were swapped …