CHICAGO — More than 25 years ago, a visiting small-town judge stashed a tape recorder in his cowboy boot and came away with shocking evidence of bribe-taking and bagmen in Chicago's courts.
Blagojevich scandal draws attention to Illinois' history of corruption
Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 5:13 p.m. CST
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