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There’s affection and respect for the man who mentored far more colleagues than he bullied during his record 54-year reign. Ald. Ray Lopez said Burke’s “fingerprints are on so much of what is Chicago. To have this as the final act of a remarkable career is a tragedy.”
Seven weeks ago, officials at Chicago’s federal courthouse used brown butcher paper to cover up large hallway displays highlighting infamous political corruption cases, featuring names like Walker, Ryan, Blagojevich and Vrdolyak. On Thursday, a federal jury added another name to that inglorious roster: Edward M. Burke. In a verdict that will reverberate through city politics, Burke was .
CHICAGO — The jury in the historic corruption case of former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has begun deliberating after five weeks of testimony that included nearly 40 witnesses, more than 100 secret recordings, two COVID-related delays and about 16 hours of closing arguments. The jury of nine women and three men sat through about four hours of jury instructions before beings sent back at about .