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Mike Madigan jury foreman calls case 'government overreach'
The foreman of the jury that convicted former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan on 10 counts says the case involved “government overreach” and that the evidence wasn’t as solid as it seemed.
Inside the Madigan jury room: 'Pronouncing someone guilty didn’t make me feel good'
"I went to the same high school as he did and I’ve always heard of him to be a good person,” jury foreman Timothy Nessner ...
Mike Madigan trial jury reaches consensus on 17 charges, deadlocked on 6 others
The jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has reached a consensus on 17 counts, ...
Madigan attorneys ask for additional jury instruction as deliberations continue
Defense attorneys have taken exception to an added instruction from the court at the corruption trial of former Illinois ...
Once a political giant, Madigan now a convicted felon and likely prison inmate — but not a racketeer
The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.