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Lessons Learned: What the Successes and Failures of Recent Reform Efforts Tell Us About the Prospects for Political Reform in Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 October 
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 Description:  In 1972 a group of Illinois legislators and a lobbyist were indicted for taking bribes from Material Services Corporation to insure the passage of a bill that would help the company transport heavy materials on Illinois roads. In what became known as the Cement Bribery Trial four legislators, including a former Speaker of the House, and a lobbyist were convicted in October of 1976. Two legislators and Lester Crown, the chief executive of Material Services, testified against the defendants.i The company executive was granted immunity and not indicted, while the two legislators were sentenced under plea agreements. Twenty other members of the General Assembly were linked to the bribery scheme by testimony at the trial, but were not indicted. 
 Date Created:  10-22-2012 
 Agency ID:  Paper # 33 
 ISL ID:  000000054672   Original UID: 176083 FIRST WORD: Lessons