Apparently my mother, a native of Chicago, knew this woman. She mentioned last night that in addition to the white supremacists, this judge had also worked on a case in which goverment folks were selling fake drivers' licenses to the highest bidder. Mom says the scandal contributed to the discrediting of the Ryan governorship. I suppose it's possible the white supremacist link is a red herring.
You are correct, she was the judge in the George Ryan License Selling Scandal, but she was also the judge on several nasty drug trials and these murders were done execution style, one bullet to the back of the head of both vicitims.