‘ComEd Four’ case now on shaky ground
Last week, a three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals took only a few hours after hearing arguments to announce it would reverse the convictions of two of the ComEd Four defendants. After a pair of Supreme Court rulings on central issues like bribery and false statements, followed by a lightning-quick reversal by a Chicago appeals court, the ComEd Four case that once rocked Illinois politics is on increasingly shaky… ...
