Judge Joseph McGraw

On January 3rd, Winnebago County Chief Judge Joseph McGraw delivered his opinion in the indirect contempt of court prosecution of Thomas McQueen by Terry Ekl.

Judge McGraw found McHenry County Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen not guilty in his criminal prosecution of McHenry County Lou Bianchi and a number of his employees.

Much of his comments consisted of reading his written decision, which has been published here in the article entitled,

Judge Excoriates McHenry County Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen in Not Guilty Decision on Contempt of Court

What will appear over a six day period is the transcript from that hearing.

The other parts of the transcript may be found by linking to the articles below:

• Judge McGraw’s Statement on Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen – 1 – Brady Material Defenses Rejected
• Judge McGraw’s Statement on Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen – 2 – Emails Should Have Been Produced
• Judge McGraw’s Statement on Special Prosecutor Thomas McQueen – 3 – Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence