An interesting turn in the swirl of litigation, both curent and pending , that surrounds the trial of former Illinois Governor, George Ryan. Attorneys for both the prosecution and defense in the upcomming trial of former mayor Daley aide Robert Sorich on corruption charges have been instructed not to conduct so much as a Google search on prospective jurors. These instructions come following a near mis-trial in the Ryan case because of revelations jurors serving in that matter concealed arrest records.

More here, courtesy of The Chicago Tribune.

-- MDT