ones who stayed did to keep their jobs:

Ms. Thompson, a purchasing official in the state\ufffds Department of Administration, was accused by the United States attorney in Milwaukee, Steven Biskupic, of awarding a travel contract to a company whose chief executive contributed to the campaign of Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat. Ms. Thompson said the decision was made on the merits, but she was convicted and sent to prison before she could appeal.

The prosecution was a boon to Mr. Doyle\ufffds opponent. Republicans ran a barrage of attack ads that purported to tie Ms. Thompson\ufffds \ufffdcorruption\ufffd to Mr. Doyle. Ms. Thompson was sentenced shortly before the election, which Governor Doyle won.

The Chicago-based United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit seemed shocked by the injustice of her conviction. It took the extraordinary step of releasing Ms. Thompson from prison immediately after hearing arguments, without waiting to issue a ruling. One of the judges hinted that Ms. Thompson may have been railroaded. \ufffdIt strikes me that your evidence is beyond thin,\ufffd Judge Diane Wood told the lawyer from Mr. Biskupic\ufffds office.

FWIW she was appted to the bench in '95. Here is her CV:

[link|http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/wood-d/cv.html|http://www.law.uchic...ty/wood-d/cv.html]