Death unqualified, part 9,678 - another Illinois man will probably have his death sentence vacated. Due, yet again, to prosecutorial incompetence and possibly, prosecutorial malfeasance. It doesn't suggest that those twelve died for any good reason. Nobody wants to investigate the police. Nobody wants to investigate the lawyers.
Nobody wants to know.
Members of an elite sheriff's unit pulled over and robbed unsuspecting motorists, using police radios to discuss targets, according to documents released after a former deputy pleaded guilty to federal charges. The sheriff's office was forced to drop more than 100 charges against 67 defendants in cases brought by the unit, and several convictions have been vacated. Six Delta members resigned or were demoted during the sheriff's investigation, which began in 1998. The conspiracy is alleged to have started in 1995, according to court records. Moore, who was a patrolman, told federal authorities he and Maass robbed motorists during traffic stops, often targeting Hispanic drivers who they felt would be unlikely to report the crimes, court records state.