When Corruption Was King: How I Helped the Mob... by Robert Cooley

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During the 1970s and ’80s, attorney Bob Cooley bribed judges, juries, and coppers for his Chicago Mob clients. Yet, without a pending conviction, he became the star witness in nine federal trials in the '90s that disabled the Chicago Outfit, the most powerful Mafia family in history. Mob... read more

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First of all, you should know that Bob Cooley is dead.

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Robert Cooley (Author)

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Dewey: 364.1092

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Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › Organized Crime
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Criminals
Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › True Crime
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs

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