Former Governor George Ryan Nominated for Nobel Prize

If I could nominate anyone for the Nobel Peace Prize, it would definitely be Former Governor George Ryan of Illinois, who declared a moratorium on the death penalty in 2000. He then commuted the sentences of 167 Illinois death row inmates to life in prison.

University of Illinois law professor Francis Boyle said Wednesday he'd forwarded Ryan's name to the Nobel committee based on Ryan's halting of executions in Illinois.

"I said, look, if you want to get rid of the death penalty in America ... then you give the Nobel Peace Prize to Ryan," Boyle said.

Daily Herald | George Ryan again nominated for Nobel Prize

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