That averages out to one council member convicted every 16 months. Burke is the first since former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson less than two years ago.
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Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th) is the first former or sitting Chicago alderperson to be convicted since former Ald. Ricardo Muñoz (22nd) pleaded guilty last September and the 37th since Fred Hubbard (2nd) in 1973. It averages out to a Council member convicted every 16 months.
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