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The Michael Madigan jury has ended its third day of deliberations ... arts and crafts going on back there,” U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey quipped after reading the Thursday note.

And for the second day running, they maintained total silence, sending no questions or other communications to the judge.

With allegations of corruption at the highest levels of state government, the racketeering trial of former Democratic House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and ... District Judge John Robert Blakey ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury resumed deliberations on Friday in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial. The jury started deliberating 14-and-a-half ...

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Jurors in the Michael Madigan trial on Tuesday afternoon closed out their fifth day of deliberations without reaching a ...

CHICAGO — Jurors in the Michael Madigan trial left the courthouse late Monday afternoon without reaching a verdict, bringing ...

Madigan, 82, a Southwest Side Democrat, and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, 77, a longtime lobbyist from downstate Quincy, are charged in a 23-count indictment alleging that Madigan’s vaunted ...