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In this episode, Gregg Owen, a former Cook County homicide prosecutor and author of Convergence, discusses a 1976 double murder prosecution and the events surrounding it, as he recounts them. Owen describes an initial courtroom assignment he characterizes as irregular, a period during which physical evidence went missing from a Cook County Sheriff's Office inventory space, and an incident in which he says he was offered cash to alter the substance of his closing argument. These accounts reflect Owen's personal recollection of events from the late 1970s and early 1980s and have not been independently verified by The Infamous Ex-Chief; listeners should understand this episode as Owen's own retelling, not as new investigative reporting by this platform. No claim is made here that any named individual committed a crime beyond what is reflected in the public record of the underlying case, which concluded with a guilty plea following an appellate reversal on grounds of prosecutorial misconduct.

Owen also discusses Operation Greylord, the federal investigation into judicial corruption in Cook County that became public in the 1980s, and his earlier career as a touring musician.

Host Scott Gardner is a former Ohio police chief and homicide detective who operates The Infamous Ex-Chief, an independent accountability and public records journalism platform.

Convergence is available through major booksellers and audiobook platforms. Gregg Owen can be found on Instagram at greggowen26 and at greggowen26.com.

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