Legal Opinion
Harry Aleman v. Jerry L. Sternes, Warden, Dixon Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 2003No. 19-1204PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Charged with murder, Harry Aleman bribed Judge Frank Wilson (of the Circuit Court of Cook County) to secure an acquittal. Wilson committed suicide in 1990 on learning that news of this and other corruption had reached federal investigators. Already in prison on unrelated federal convictions, see United States v. DiDomenico, 78 F.3d 294 (7th Cir.1996); Aleman v. United States, 878 F.2d 1009 (7th Cir.1989); United States v. Aleman, 609 F.2d 298 (7th Cir.1979), Aleman was tried again for the murder, after we held that his trial before Judge Wilson had been a sham that…
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