Thomas J. Maloney (judge)

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,[1] and he was eventually convicted[2] 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.[3]

The web magazine Judiciary Report has said of Maloney that he "easily qualifies as one of the worst judges in history".[4]

  1. ^ James Tuohy, Rob Warden (1989). Gambat: justice, Chicago style. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-13385-2.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Operation Greylord".
  4. ^ "The Judiciary Report - Judge Thomas J Maloney".