Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, left, departs the Dirksen Federal Building with attorney Dan Webb after the first day of opening arguments in his racketeering trial Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. The biggest corruption trial in Chicago in decades opened Wednesday with a federal prosecutor launching a blistering attack on Ryan, saying he betrayed the public's trust by taking cash and gifts to help insiders land lucrative state contracts. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)