Madigan Trial to Jury

We'll see if Ed Burke gets a new roommate shortly:

• Following 11 weeks of testimony and several days of closing arguments, a jury has begun deliberations in the landmark corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

  Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant and longtime confidante Michael McClain, face a 23-count indictment in federal court in Chicago, charging them with racketeering conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, and attempted extortion.

  Federal prosecutors have accused Madigan of running a yearslong criminal enterprise to enrich himself and benefit political allies through no-show jobs for his associates and legal work for his private law firm.

After seeing so many of his contemporaries go to prison for varying amounts of time, we can't see him getting off completely, though juries selected in Illinois have surprised us on a number of occasions. Hopefully, he gets tagged on a few counts at the minimum.