U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey, who will oversee the Madigan trial, is viewed as well-suited for complex RICO cases even apart from...
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The Chicago Mafia. The Gambino family. The Lucchese family. These notorious groups dominated organized crime in Chicago and New York for...
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Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey is a recognized expert on organized crime and an authority on the JFK assassination. He is the author of the 1981...
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Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover's request for release from a life...
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John Robert Blakey is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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I've been studying the John F. Kennedy assassination for more than 50 years. I have more than 50 books on the life, administration,...
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Plans to build Barack Obama's $500 million presidential center on Chicago's lakefront can move forward, a federal judge said Tuesday in...
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(The Center Square) – Knowledge of unlawfulness is one of the issues that Judge John Robert Blakey expects to clarify when he prepares jury...
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A Republican federal judge apparently took it upon himself to suggest a trio of lawsuits challenging vaccine mandates should be reassigned to his courtroom.
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The jury that will determine the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is nearly complete after three slow days of jury selection this week.
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