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    Judge: Cook County judicial corruption did not affect 1977 murder trial

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | January 24, 2018

    A Cook County Circuit Court judge Wednesday denied to grant a new trial to a man who contends his conviction on charges he murdered a plainclothes Chicago police officer in 1976 was wrongly decided by a judge who sought to divert attention from his own corruption.

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    Attorneys: Cook County judge’s corruption polluted his handling of murder case

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | November 29, 2017

    In 1977, a judge convicted an 18-year old of murder and sentenced him to 200-to-600 years in prison. Forty years later, the prisoners’ attorneys contend the trial and sentencing were an improper effort by a corrupt judge to dilute public criticism.

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