U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel is a politician not a judge. He proved that during his reign of bias during the second trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. At every turn, Zagel ruled against Blagojevich and even allowed biased jurors to sit on the jury almost as if he was working for the prosecution.
Zagel is not an objective judge and he should not be on the bench.
Click to read a newspaper story about Blagojevich's lawyers seeking a new trial based in a large part on the unfair tactics and rulings of Judge James Zagel, one of the most biased judges in Cook County.
Click here to read the political profile of Zagel.
It is clear that Blagojevich was denied a fair trial at every turn by Zagel who never seemed to miss an opportunity to rule against the former governor. He's the product of Cook County's tainted judicial balance.
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