Summary piece on the East St. Louis "$10 per vote" fraud trial

I've been keeping a good eye on this story, and closing arguments are expected very soon in this trial. Here's a good summary from AP:

THE CHARGES: The chairman of the East St. Louis Democratic Committee is accused of conspiring with three precinct committeemen and an election worker to buy votes in the Nov. 2 election using cash, liquor and cigarettes.

THE PROSECUTION: Saying secretly recorded conversations support the charges, the government argues that the defendants plotted to buy votes with money flowing from St. Clair County Democrats to their East St. Louis counterparts in an effort to elect certain Democrats.

THE DEFENSE: Calls the evidence flimsy and, among other things, accuses key government witnesses of lying and often contradicting each other.