Description: Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with double kidnapping, armed robbery, and Murder.

"Defendant Joseph Sorrentino was convicted by a jury in the mid-1980s of a violent
double kidnapping, armed robbery, and murder. But the judge overseeing his trial proceedings,
Thomas Maloney, was later discovered in the federal investigation known as Operation Greylord
to be fixing cases for bribes—including in the joint trial in which defendant was tried. One of his
codefendants, Dino Titone, opted for a bench trial and gave Maloney $10,000, while another
codefendant, Robert Gacho, chose to have a jury weigh his guilt. See Gacho v. Wills, 986 F.3d
1067, 1068 (7th Cir. 2021). Though defendant’s trial was severed from those of his
codefendants, Judge Maloney still oversaw the proceedings. Defendant was convicted by a jury
and eventually sentenced to life in prison."

Outcome: Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.

"More than 41 years after the murders for which defendant was convicted, this case is back to square one. But instead of being a healthy young man who had just turned 20, defendant is now age 61, confined to a walker, ill with liver cancer, and in need of a transplant."

The People of the State of Illinois v. Joseph Sorrentino

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