Former Gov. George Ryan will be nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize

The Ryan report . . .

One more time.

• • Translation: Former Gov. George Ryan will be nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize because of his work against the death penalty.

"George Ryan has done more effective work against the death penalty than the entire U.S. abolitionist community put together," University of Illinois College of Law Professor Francis Boyle told Sneed. "And he continued to speak out despite his travails . . . He's simply a monumental figure against the death penalty in the international community."

Boyle, who has been nominating Ryan for the prestigious prize since he cleared Illinois' Death Row in 2003, said he is acting without Ryan's urging.