In this episode I am joined by legal expert Morgan Stinger and John Zinn to discuss the Ed Burke sentencing. 

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Show Notes:

Chicago Sun-Times: How much jail time should Ed Burke get? Depends on which City Council member you ask.

Chicago Magazine: Paul Vallas Really Loves His Broom

Chicago Sun-Times: Let's all play 'Sit in Judgment of Ed Burke'

Chicago Sun-Times: Ed Burke's lawyers say he deserves acquittal or a new trial

Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-Ald. Ed Burke keeps law license after most Illinois Supreme Court justices recuse themselves

Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-Ald. Ed Burke retires as a lawyer after the state’s highest court failed to pull his law license

Chicago Sun-Times: Rod Blagojevich is disbarred

Chicago Tribune: Ex-Ald. Edward Burke resigns from Union League Club, scene of key meeting in corruption case

Chicago Sun-Times: Former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas urges leniency for Ed Burke, ‘whom I always felt met my standards for ethics’

Chicago Sun-Times: Ed Burke is asking for a new trial — with sentencing less than 3 weeks away

Chicago Sun-Times: Ed Burke deserves 10 years in prison for corruption, feds say: 'He abused and exploited his office'

Neil Steinberg: To love and not to count the cost

WBEZ: Chicago’s once-powerful Ed Burke faces sentencing Monday, ‘very humbling’ days could be ahead

WTTW: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Bribery Statute at Heart of Michael Madigan Trial

Politico: Supreme Court overturns Bob McDonnell’s corruption convictions

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