James Zagel

**James Block Zagel** (Maris 4, 1941 - Yuli 15, 2023) ya kasance alƙali da lauya na Amurka. Bayan wani lokaci a matsayin mai gabatar da kara, ya zama Alkalin gundumar Amurka na Kotun Gundumar Amurka ta Gundumar Arewacin Illinois a 1987, ya ɗauki babban matsayi a 2016.  Ya jagoranci manyan gwaje-gwaje da yawa, gami da na mambobi da yawa na Chicago Outfit da kuma shari'ar cin hanci da rashawa na tsohon Gwamnan Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Zagel ya kuma zauna a Kotun Kula da Lantarki ta Amurka daga 2008 zuwa 2015.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Zagel ga iyayen Yahudawa a Birnin Chicago a ranar 4 ga Maris, 1941. [1] Shi ɗan Samuel S. Zagel ne, ɗan asalin Warsaw, Poland wanda ya yi ƙaura zuwa Chicago a 1915, da Ethel Samuels Zagel . [1] Zagel ya sami digiri na farko na Arts daga Jami'ar Chicago a 1962 da kuma digiri na Master of Arts daga Jami-ar Chicago a wannan shekarar. Daga nan ya sami Juris Doctor daga Harvard Law School a shekarar 1965

## Ayyukan sana'a
Zagel ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mataimakin Lauyan jihar a Cook County, Illinois, daga 1965 har zuwa 1969, inda ya taimaka wajen tattara shari'ar da aka yi wa mai kisan gilla Richard Speck. Daga nan ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin babban lauya na Jihar Illinois daga 1969 har zuwa 1977. Tare da aikin a matsayin mataimakin babban lauya, Zagel ya gudanar da Sashen Shari'a a ofishin babban lauya daga 1970 har zuwa 1977, kuma ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin babban lauya mai gabatar da kara na Hukumar Binciken Shari'a ta Illinois daga 1973 har zuwa 1975. A shekara ta 1977, Zagel ya zama babban darakta na Hukumar Kula da Shari'a ta Illinois, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa shekara ta 1979. Daga 1979 har zuwa 1980, Zagel ya kasance darektan Ma'aikatar Haraji ta Illinois .  Daga 1980 har zuwa lokacin da ya shiga kujerar tarayya a 1987, Zagel ya kasance darektan 'Yan sanda na Jihar Illinois.

## Ayyukan shari'a na Tarayya
Zagel ya kasance dan wasan karshe na alƙali na tarayya a 1985, amma ba a zaba shi ba. A ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 1987, Shugaba Reagan ya zabi Zagel ya zama alƙali a Kotun Gundumar Amurka don Gundumar Arewacin Illinois . Majalisar Dattijai ta Amurka ta tabbatar da Zagel a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 1987, kuma ya karbi aikinsa a ranar 22 ga Afrilu. Ya ɗauki matsayi na farko a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 2016. Daga 2008 zuwa 2015, Zagel ya yi aiki na shekaru bakwai a Kotun FISA.

### Tarihin shari'a
Zagel presided over many notable and high-profile trials, including the Jesse Webster case and the "Family Secrets" trial that ended in 2007, where he convicted numerous mobsters, such as Joseph Lombardo and Frank Calabrese Sr. In April 2009, it was announced that Zagel would preside over the federal corruption trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his brother, Robert Blagojevich. The judge refused to let Blagojevich go to Costa Rica to participate in the show, *I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here*, saying Blagojevich needed to prepare a good defense for his upcoming trial and focus on the reality of the current situation. The former governor's wife Patti Blagojevich went instead. In August 2010, jury deliberations began in the Blagojevich trial. Rod Blagojevich was convicted on one charge, of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a hung jury on 22 other charges. He was retried in June 2011, with Zagel presiding, and the jury returned a guilty verdict on 17 of the remaining counts, including those pertaining to the Obama Senate seat. On December 7, 2011, Zagel sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 years in federal prison, though the sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2020.

## Sauran abubuwan da suke so
An bayyana Zagel a matsayin "Mutumin Renaissance" tare da sha'awa iri-iri a waje da kotun; ɗan'uwan alƙali Manish S. Shah ya gaya wa The New York Times cewa Zagel "zai iya ambaton Ludwig Wittgenstein da Groucho Marx tare da sauƙi mai sauƙi".   Ya yi aiki a fina-finai biyu, yana wasa da alƙali na Chicago a cikin fim din Music Box na 1989, da kuma likita wanda aka kashe iyayensa a cikin fim ɗin 1991 Homicide .  An ba shi lambar yabo a ƙarƙashin sunan J. S. Block .  A shekara ta 2002, ya wallafa wani labari mai taken Money to Burn,  wani labari mai ban mamaki game da makircin satar Bankin Tarayya.

## Rayuwa da mutuwarsa
Zagel da matarsa ta farko, mai ba da rahoto na Chicago Tribune Pam Zekman, sun sake aure a shekara ta 1975.  Daga nan ya auri lauya Margaret Maxwell Zagel daga shekara ta 1979 har zuwa mutuwarsa.

Zagel ya mutu daga gazawar zuciya a gidansa a Chicago a ranar 15 ga Yuli, 2023, yana da shekaru 82.  

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