Have witnessed similar. Reporter with credentials going after officers of the court for violations perceived, and ‘poof’ the reporter was never heard from again.
Best Judges Money Can Buy
Illinois Has the Best Judges Money Can Buy
February 4, 2001
Shakedown racketeering in our courts has made a mockery of the judicial system. It is time to demand complete personal financial disclosure of judges and candidates. Judges at all levels have blocked any personal financial disclosure that would show personal profiting from court shakedowns. The extent of “campaign fund” bribes to fix cases and grant favorable judgments is suppressed. Agencies which are supposed to record judge and candidate “campaign fund” bribes admit that everyone has ways to circumvent financial disclosure like giving in multiple small amounts, giving gifts and travel or simply ignoring disclosure laws altogether.The IRS admits that many people (including judges and politicians) have multiple social security numbers to launder money.
There is no law in Illinois courts - circuit, appeal or federal. Judges freely discuss cases with lawyers and use their clout to make untold profits with favoritism and one-sided judgments for the side that paid them off. Accused defendants joke about how “I got friends in the court house and they let me off” in DUI cases. In divorces and probate one side can pay off the judge and get a one-sided judgment in their favor. Judicial foreclosure and court ordered sales drive the real estate market in rigged sales of property.
Judges, lawyers and the incumbents acquire properties at low prices and use land trusts to conceal ownership. In front of witnesses a DuPage probate judge was told by a lawyer, “There’s nothing left in the estate but some property on Marco Island. Do you want it your honor?” Businesses pay judicial bribes to ruin the competition.
Any court watcher can see racial profiling in the difference in sentencing and bail between white court buddies and minorities. Case comparison and investigation by computer could be easily done but is blocked. Any court watcher can see that being a judge is a part-time job at best. Court rooms are closed and cases sent to another judge to drive up costs and get those endless costly continuances. There needs to be industry-style cost-efficiency studies of courts and states attorneys.
The recent TRIBUNE coverage of the sale of judgeships is a step in the right direction.Who gets the money in bribes for judgeships is another issue. Why doesn’t anyone investigate judicial racketeering in DuPage County? We need more investigation of the organized crime activity in our courts.
To become a judge, a candidate must be favored by the lawyer political machine and have proven ability to accept bribes, suppress truth, twist laws and manufacture or conceal evidence. A judge must have shown that he will fix cases to make profits for lawyers by driving up costs of litigation as much as possible. A judge must demonstrate he will work in the financial interest of the bar association, favored businesses and their buddies.
The selection process excludes public input, tests on the law, personal finances, appeal record or any facts about the judge. A potential judge has to have shown to the bar association that he will accept bribes and knows (and will use) the legal tricks to generate money by extortion and shakedown of litigants.
In the Chicago Tribune, the price of a judgeship in Chicago was stated to be $30,000 for a Democrat and $50,000 for a Republican. If the judge is seeking election, the ballots are fixed so that voters have few choices but the approved candidates. The voting process is strictly framed to keep honest judges and especially minority judges off the bench.
In the election, police, realtors, city and county patronage workers tear down signs of honest candidates and allow only the mob-fixed incumbent candidates to have publicity — great numbers of signs are put illegally in the public parkways. Media endorse and publish only lucrative mob-
approved candidate publicity.
Huge numbers of patronage workers vote and crusade for the approved candidates fixing the election. The judge who convicted Cruz-who was under indictment at election time, received about the same votes as the judge who absolved Cruz. Time studies would show judge is really a part-time job.
Campaigns are financed by corrupt lawyers and firms who give “campaign contribution” bribes to get their buddies into office to fix cases. As soon as a judge is even appointed, he starts a “campaign fund” to launder bribes from corrupt lawyers. Even though that judge may never run in an election, he has the ability to collect and launder kickbacks and use the money freely as he wants.
Lawyers and corrupt business have numerous accounts and ways to hide kickback gifts and bribes for judges by bribing in amounts less than $150 from numerous accounts. Lawyers often simply ignore the vague disclosure laws and give bribes and gifts in kind to judges. Frequently lawyers receive letters from judicial “campaign funds” asking for donation bribes to fix the case or the judge’s own appointees demand bribes.
One can see favored lawyers and their judges freely discussing and fixing cases right in hallways. A few more discrete lawyers and judges go into chambers or call or FAX messages to fix a case, profitably delay a case, manufacture or alter evidence and drive up costs. Due process under law and presentation of truth is cost effective and lawyers and judges deny due process and suppress truth for bucks.
In 1999, the Myron Minuskin case (where a litigant was promised sole custody in a DuPage divorce for a $10,000 bribe to a DuPage judge) was quickly and quietly hushed up. Lawyer Myron Minuskin pled guilty, was sent to Wisconsin federal prison and the litigant and judge concealed.
A New York group attempted to get financial records of federal judges. Judges want to conceal their money laundering and expensive life style based on bribes, racketeering, foreclosure of properties and illegal activity. DuPage Supreme Court candidates received millions in kickbacks to be elected to a job that pays so much less.
Where did all of their money & property come from? Did it come from campaign kickbacks from lawyer buddies for fixing cases, court appointments and property foreclosures?
READER’S DIGEST called Heiple one of the nation’s most corrupt judges. Several candidates broke Heiple’s kickback record. On the internet, see how Judge Darrah received big contributions from Heil and Heil cases “randomly assigned” to Darrah resulted in huge judgments in Heil’s favor. The Tollway was twice refused change of venue.
We thank Dr. Richard Hass of Illinois J.A.I.L. for sending us this first in a series of fine reports on the corruption of the judiciary.