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Thomas J. Maloney (1925–2008) was a judge in Cook County, Illinois who served from 1977 until his indictment for bribery in 1991. Since 1981, the court was being investigated by the FBI in Operation Greylord, and he was eventually convicted〔United States v. Maloney, 71 F.3d 645 (C.A.7 1995), cert. denied, 519 U.S. ----, 117 S.Ct. 295, 136 L.Ed.2d 214 (1996)〕 on four counts of accepting bribes (including fixing three murder cases). He served 12 years of a 15-year prison term from 1994 to 2007.〔http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2004/march/greylord_031504〕 The web magazine Judiciary Report has said of Maloney that he "easily qualifies as one of the worst judges in history".〔http://www.judiciaryreport.com/judge_thomas_j_maloney.htm〕 ==Career== Thomas Maloney had been a boxer in his youth,〔 and started as a lawyer in 1952. He had underworld connections as a lawyer,〔〔 and shared an office for some time with power broker Edward Vrdolyak. Before joining the bench, he had facilitated a payment to a judge〔 〕 who subsequently acquitted Harry Aleman of murder.〔People v. Aleman. 667 N.E.2d 615 (TIL App. Ct. 1996)〕〔 〕 In 1977, Maloney was named a judge by the Illinois Supreme Court, and shortly thereafter he came to be known to attorneys such as Robert Cooley and William Swano and in criminal circles as a judge who could be bought. Generally, the negotiations were arranged and bribes paid through the use of a "bagman," or intermediary. For some years, bailiff Lucius Robinson acted as his bagman, but when the FBI investigations turned up the heat, co-lawyer and friend Robert McGee acted as bagman. However, Maloney's public image was that of a tough judge, known for imposing tough sentences and castigating gang members as "the lowest sorts of cowards.". In his courtroom, he sat under a framed portrait of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall. For a time, he was one of six so-called "heater" judges who were assigned high-profile cases.〔 In 1988, the FBI pressed charges based on Operation Greylord and the associated Operation Gambat, and a grand jury proceedings were initiated. Erstwhile bagman Robinson testified, under a grant of immunity. At the time, Maloney was continuing to practice. In June 1991, Maloney was indicted, causing considerable surprise in Cook County. In the ensuing trial, he claimed in his defense that Swano and Robinson had operated a scam known as "rainmaking," where the participants never pass the bribe along to the judge. However, Maloney's financial records indicated that he had purchased "buying hundreds of money orders with cash from unknown sources",〔 in order to hide the fact that he was spending more money than he received from all legitimate sources. On April 16, 1993, the jury convicted Maloney on all counts.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas J. Maloney (judge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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