Former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald has died. In more than three decades as a judge, he cleaned up the scandal-plagued traffic courts in Cook County, led one of the first reviews of Illinois’ mistake-prone death penalty system, and presided over the impeachment trial of Governor Rod Blagojevich. Fitzgerald left the court in 2010 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. A court spokeswoman says he died Sunday at the age of 74.
Former chief justice who presided over Blagojevich impeachment trial dies
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