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To: Solon who wrote (7483)6/16/2010 7:53:01 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
Yes, he defended grafters successfully in a corrupt age.

Although the fraudulent scheme was widespread, there were few convictions. Many of the defendants in the Star Routes trials were successfully defended by noted lawyer and orator, Robert Ingersoll.[3] Public disgust over the Star Routes graft served as an impetus for civil service reform and the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883.

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