CHICAGO (CBS) --Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys have officially taken the first step toward an appeal of the former governor's conviction on 18 corruption counts. In a filing Tuesday evening ...

CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney could find himself behind bars even as he works to keep his client out of prison. Sam Adam Jr. faced that dilemma before presenting his closing ...

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Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife have assembled a formidable team of eight lawyers assisting in their ... joined former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s legal team before he was given a 14-year term in ...

Rod Blagojevich's retrial ... the defense team has been pared down to two attorneys and a paralegal. Defense attorneys noted that there were more than a dozen lawyers working on the case at ...

The fund former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has been using to pay his defense lawyers is officially gone. After his arrest on Dec. 9, 2008, the fund, originally established to support his ...

Rod Blagojevich shifts to the defense team this week ... “He’s not going to have lawyers who said it’s OK to withhold government benefits until you get a campaign contribution,” Alschuler ...

Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich disagree on whether the ousted governor should take the stand or whether they will call any defense witnesses at all. The Blagojevich case has been full of drama ...

Rod Blagojevich might take the stand as soon as Tuesday as he begins to defend himself in his federal corruption trial. Legal experts and criminal defense lawyers say putting the former governor ...

Rod Blagojevich are hoping to use some of the ... governor last summer of sweeping public corruption charges. Now defense attorneys are hoping to use some of the conversations as they argue ...

By THR Staff After all his claims of innocence and facing years in prison, Rod Blagojevich let ... not believe a suggestion made by defense attorneys that Blagojevich was duped by aides and ...

Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago ... Let me see if I can get you a better deal,' " said Steve Cron, a defense lawyer from Santa Monica. Others suggested that his lingering refusal ...