Because Mayor Daley, through the use of settlements, was able to avoid having to give sworn testimony regarding this until the statute of limitations ran out.
Yeah it sucks.
on edit: what everyone else said regarding Burge being in prison. It should have happened YEARS ago. I lived in Park Ridge (a suburb for rich folk) back in the late 70’s and it was reported on back then. Just not to the point where anyone actually gave a shit about it. Even though I lived in Park Ridge with my Uncle and Aunt, I hated every minute of it because of shit like this.
Then again, Chicago was so corrupt that even as an obviously underage guy with out of state plates on my van (which also invariably smelled like a Grateful Dead concert) I was able to pretty much drink in an of the city’s fine liquor dispensing establishments. Even after being pulled over numerous times, the worst that ever happened was for the cops to tell me to go straight home.
Good thing I wasn’t that ugly shade of brown that the cops despised so much.
