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Fitzgerald wins conviction of Socrates

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Patrick Fitzgerald, left, and Socrates.

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Former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald defends the city of Athens in a retrial of Socrates on Thursday night as a fundraiser for Chicago's National Hellenic Museum.

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Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted reputed mobsters, terrorists and Illinois governors. Thursday night, the former top prosecutor got a crack at Socrates. Yes, that Socrates, the Greek philosopher. The result? The jury — an audience of more than 1,000 people — found Socrates guilty but spared him death by hemlock and fined him instead.