Escobedo's Lawyer Appeals
Barry Kroll, a Chicago lawyer, took an interest in Danny Escobedo's case.
Kroll felt that his client's rights under Constitution had been abrogated.
Since the alleged accomplice, Escobedo, had been denied access to an attorney.
Kroll proposed that lawyers be entitled to sit in when the police question a
suspect but the Illinois courts rejected that on the grounds that it would 
effectively preclude all questioning by legal authorities. If such law were
upheld, the police felt that it would play havoc with all criminal 
investigations.

to whitewash--Although a committee was appointed to investigate the 
corruption, many citizens felt that their report would be a 
whitewash of the culprits.
(to conceal defects, to give a falsely virtuous appearance
to something)