Apr 17, 2008 3:07 pm US/Central
Sorich, Slattery To Report To Prison Monday
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
Two men convicted in a City Hall patronage hiring scheme under Mayor Daley are expected to report to prison Monday morning.
U.S. District Judge David Coar ordered Mayor Daley's former patronage chief Robert Sorich and city worker Patrick Slattery to report to prison Monday after a federal appellate court in Chicago upheld their convictions.
Sorich, Slattery and Timothy McCarthy were convicted of running the patronage hiring system out of City Hall. A fourth man, John Sullivan, was convicted of lying to authorities. Sullivan and McCarthy have already served their terms.
Both Sorich and Slattery are expected to do their time at Oxford Prison Camp in Wisconsin.
Sorich's lawyer, Tom Durkin, said his client is prepared to serve his sentence.
"He wants to start his sentence and put this chapter of his life behind him," Durkin said. "That doesn't mean he won't stop fighting."
Slattery lawyer Patrick Blegen noted that both defendants have petitioned for a hearing en banc, which means they're asking the entire federal appeals court to reconsider their case, not just the three-judge panel.
"We're going to continue to fight for Mr. Slattery's case. I believe in his innocence," Blegen said. "We're hopeful a higher court will agree with us one day."
(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2008. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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