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August 30, 2011 PRESS RELEASE

 

ORLAND PARK AUTHOR SPEAKS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

 

 Orland Park author, Ed Hammer will speak to the criminal justice classes at Illinois State University on September 8, 2011. His topic will be political corruption in Illinois, specifically as it relates to the George Ryan licenses for bribes scandal.

 

 Hammer served as an investigator in Ryan’s inspector general’s office when Ryan was the secretary of state. Hammer’s testimony help convict both Dean Bauer, the inspector general and George Ryan.

 

In his book, “One Hundred Percent Guilty”, Hammer describes how Bauer, Ryan and others obstructed the internal investigations being conducted by himself and his partner Russ Sonneveld. One of those cases was the bribe by Ricardo Guzman, the truck driver who caused an accident in November of 1994 that resulted in the untimely death of the six children of Scott and Janet Willis. 

 

Mr. Hammer can be contacted through his website, www.consulthammer.com.

 

 

February 28, 2011 

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ORLAND PARK AUTHOR SPEAKS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS AT STATE UNIVERSITIES.
 
Orland Park author, Ed Hammer spoke to criminal justice classes at Illinois State University on February 23, 2011. His topic was political corruption in Illinois, specifically as it relates to the George Ryan licenses for bribes scandal. Hammer served as an investigator in Ryan’s inspector general when Ryan was the secretary of state. Hammer’s testimony help convict both Dean Bauer, the inspector general and George Ryan.
 
In his book, One Hundred Percent Guilty, Hammer describes how Bauer, Ryan and others obstructed the internal investigations being conducted by Russ Sonneveld  (his partner) and him.  One of those cases was the bribe by Ricardo Guzman, the truck driver who caused an accident in November of 1994 that resulted in the untimely death of the six children of Scott and Janet Willis.
 
On March 3, 2011, Hammer will be speaking to law enforcement ethics classes at Western Illinois University, his alma mater
 
 Hammer also is available to speak about the license for bribe scandal investigation and political corruption to any interested organization for no fee. He can be contacted through his website, www.consulthammer.com.  One Hundred Percent Guilty is likewise available through Hammer’s web site as well as through www.amazon.com