Inside Chicago’s Corrupt Justice System | Former Homicide Prosecutor Gregg Owen

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Former homicide prosecutor Gregg Owen spent years inside one of the most violent and notoriously corrupt eras in Chicago history. During his career with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, he prosecuted more than 60 murder cases and became the first Chief of the Gang Prosecutions Unit in Illinois. Today, Gregg is taking us behind the scenes of a world most people only know from movies and headlines. We talk about what actually happens during a homicide prosecution, the difference between solving a murder and proving it in court, witness intimidation, gang influence, courtroom strategy, wrongful convictions, and the corruption Gregg says he encountered from inside the justice system.…