United States ex rel. Hooper v. Ryan

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JOAN B. GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.

Murray Hooper was convicted of three counts of murder, aggravated kidnapping, and armed robbery and sentenced to death1 following a trial before the infamous and thoroughly disgraced Judge Maloney. (Maloney would later be convicted of participating in a racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, extortion under color of official right, and obstruction of justice based on bribes he took while serving as a judge in Cook County. See generally United States v. Maloney, 71 F.3d 645, 649 (7th Cir.1995).) Following multiple rounds through the…