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Supreme Court decision may give new trial to George Ryan
Chicago TribuneThe U.S. Supreme Courthas opened the door slightly for former Gov. George Ryan, giving his lawyers another chance to appeal his verdict on corruption charges. The justices told the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to take another look at Ryan's...Tags: Trials, James Robert Thompson, Lawyers, Politics, Regional Authority
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Bidding farewell, Blagojevich says he was 'on the right side of the law'
Staff reportBilled as his last public statement before heading off to prison, Rod Blagojevich said this afternoon he was "honored" to serve as governor of Illinois and thanked the people of the state as he began his "dark and hard journey." Interrupted several times...Tags: Trials, Religion and Belief, Prisons, Illinois Governor, Hermosa
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Judge rejects new trial for Cellini
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to grant a new trial for William Cellini, ruling that a juror's failure to disclose her criminal background during jury selection was not deliberate and did not taint the Springfield power broker's trial.
The...Tags: Trials, Chicago Tribune, Political Corruption, Lawyers, Judges
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Blagojevich stepping into another world
When he surrenders at a federal prison outside Denver this week, Rod Blagojevich will trade his beautiful bungalow on a corner lot in Ravenswood Manor for a dormitory or small cell with a metal-frame bunk bed.
Blagojevich made close to $150,000 a year as...Tags: Prisons, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Politics, John Webster
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Blagojevich puts on one last show
Rod Blagojevich may have a problem with hidden recording devices, but the convicted former governor rarely met a camera he didn't like and that held true even Wednesday with a choreographed-for-TV farewell on the eve of his imprisonment. Showman to the...
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Rod Blagojevich enters federal prison in Colorado to start 14-year sentence
— After a goodbye tour that stretched from Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Rod Blagojevich turned, waved and disappeared Thursday behind a darkened doorway of a federal prison.
Inside Federal...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Prisons, Government, Ravenswood, O'Hare International Airport
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William Heirens, known as the 'Lipstick Killer,' dead
Tribune reportersFor decades, Betty Finn and Jim Degnan had to relive the gruesome details of their sister’s murder. Every year for 29 years, they attended parole hearings for William Heirens -- Chicago’s notorious “Lipstick Killer” who...Tags: Trials, University of Illinois at Chicago, Parenting, Lawyers, Murder
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Blagojevich assigned to Colorado prison
WGN NewsRod Blagojevich will serve his federal corruption sentence at a prison in suburban Denver. Federal prison officials have assigned the former governor to Colorado's Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton. That's where he wanted to go;...Tags: Politics, Prisons, Government, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich
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Blagojevich reportedly bound for Colorado prison
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will serve his 14-year sentence at a federal prison in Colorado as he had sought, sources said Tuesday.
Blagojevich, who is due to report to prison by March 15, received word from federal prison officials in recent days that...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Politics, Prisons, Punishment, Regional Authority
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Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption
CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state...Tags: Prisons, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Tony Rezko, Blackmail and Extortion
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Blagojevich hit with 14-year prison sentence
Tribune reportersA contrite former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison, capping one of the state's worst political scandals and humbling a controversial and defiant figure who rode into office as a champion of reform. The sentence...Tags: Rudyard Kipling, Prisons, Valerie Jarrett, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice
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