Feds’ weak swing in Jones bribery trial part of a troubling trend

Rich Miller: Feds’ weak swing in Jones bribery trial part of a troubling trend – Chicago Sun-Times

"When you think of the Chicago U.S. attorney’s legendary Public Corruption and Organized Crime Unit, the thing that immediately comes to mind is its hugely successful conviction rate — mid-to-high 90 percentile. But the unit has run into some serious trouble lately."

Feds’ weak swing in Jones bribery trial part of a troubling trend

The top brass in the U.S. attorney's office needs to figure out why they have had such a miserably low initial conviction rate lately.