Chicago federal judge no longer asking for reporters’ notes

A U.S. district judge is no longer asking Chicago reporters to provide notes of interviews with a juror who did not admit to two felony convictions in filling out court papers prior to serving in a high profile trial.

The trial concerned a charge that a man tried to extort money from a film producer trying to buy a share of the state Teacher Retirement System pension fund. -db

From the Chicago Sun-Times, December 15, 2011, by Abdon M. Pallasch.

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