Operation Greylord: Brockton Lockwood's Story

by Harlan H. Mendenhall and Brocton Lockwood

Book Overview

Judge Brocton Lockwood wore a wire for the FBI to help clean up a corrupt Chicago traffic court.

In 1978 newly appointed Associate Judge Lockwood reported to Chicago to fulfill the obligation all southern Illinois judges have to serve six weeks each year to reduce the backlog in the Cook County system.

Corruption so pervaded traffic court that Lockwood, who at first merely wanted to complete his Cook County stint and go home, was moved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809315459
• ISBN13: 9780809315451
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"