‘Wow, we were part of something really big’: Madigan jurors on how they reached their verdict
The foreman of the jury that rendered a split decision in the landmark trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan said ...
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Illinois lawmakers react to Madigan corruption verdict
State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) issued a public statement in response to the guilty verdicts announced Feb. 12 in the ...
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan guilty on federal bribery, wire fraud charges
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was found guilty on federal corruption charges in a split verdict.
Democrats try to move on after ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction as GOP calls for greater state ethics reforms
State Rep. Ryan Spain, deputy House GOP leader from Peoria, recalled the attempts in 2020 to convene a special investigatory ...
Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial
The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...
A Golden Anniversary And Review of Discretion
Turning now to this month’s topic, “’Judicial discretion is a phrase of great latitude; but it never means the arbitrary will ...
Vince McMahon's lawyer was wrong to withhold documents sought by grand jury, court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that a former lawyer for pro-wrestling impresario Vince McMahon was wrong to withhold some ...
A Judge Tried to Get Out of Jury Duty. What He Said Cost Him His Job.
Richard Snyder, a town justice in upstate New York, said he could not serve as an impartial grand juror because he believed ...
Details revealed in secret battle over N.J. investigation into Catholic clergy sex abuse
Promises by the state to uncover decades of sexual abuse by the clergy never got off the ground in a court fight that was ...