Roland Burris, the appointee, is a scumbag worse than Blagofabitch.

In 1992 he tried to get an innocent man executed while he was running for governor - maybe to look tough, maybe because he had no regard for law or justice, or maybe because he is startlingly incompetent. By that time another man had already confessed and a police detective and prosecutor had resigned in protest of the continued prosecution of Rolando Cruz.

In 1995 the prosecution continued even after DNA evidence showed Cruz didn't commit the crime. He was finally released after the state supreme court ordered a new trial which did not exclude the confession of the other man.

Blagofabitch took bribes. Burris tried to commit murder.

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