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In Love with the Mob
Publisher: PRX Author: Helen Borten Audio lenght: 28 min.
How the botched hit of a County Prosecutor together with an FBI sting led to the criminal convictions of 79 public officials in Youngstown, OH - including an United States Congressman. The story of what has been called the "most crooked county in the USA" and how it got that way. The program traces a culture of resignation and acceptance so rampant it impregnates the halls of academe - and serves as a paradigm of how public attitudes can make or break our democratic processes. The piece interviews the FBI agent instrumental in breaking the case, a daughter of the mob, the Prosecutor who was shot, a mob lawyer, an university professor and others.
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