Filled with the blunt language of corruption, an advance copy ofBrocton Lockwood's new book about Greylord showed up on our desk,bringing with it memories of the scandal Lockwood helped to splashacross the front pages.
The book presents a chilling picture of justice in Chicago notso long ago: fat bundles of greenbacks slipped into the hands of hackjudges, grinning mobsters shuffling through bought trials, judgespaying "rent" for lucrative courtrooms.
All of this was dragged into the light with the help ofLockwood, a Downstate judge who, horrified at what he saw after beingtransferred to Chicago, cooperated with an FBI probe that ended upconvicting cellblocks …
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