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Untouchable: Power Corrupts

Untouchable: Power Corrupts

Where people have power and influence -- politics, law enforcement, big business, sports -- corruption is sure to follow. In Investigation Discovery's hourlong series, stories are told of seemingly good citizens whose taste for power turns into a thirst for blood. Episodes use chronological re-enactments and expert commentary to paint unsightly pictures of people whose ambition, authority and sense of entitlement drove them to abuse their power -- and ultimately do the unthinkable.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • When nurses come to realize that patients sicken and die unexpectedly when Dr. Michael Swango is on duty, they raise the alarm, but the doctor is always one step ahead of investigators as they close in.

  • Detective Jon Burge has a gift for closing cases, so when allegations about his interrogation methods surface, they are ignored or dismissed until an explosive tip-off suggests that Burge is hiding a sinister secret.

  • Chicago police officer Joe Miedzianowski infiltrates the shady world of cocaine dealers and drug mules, but a series of suspicious events leads the FBI to wonder if he's turned into a crooked cop.

  • Paul Bergrin is a successful defense lawyer who is lured by his clients into a life of drugs and vice; when Bergrin wins tough cases, the FBI suspects he's more dangerous than his own clients.

  • In Willow Springs, Ill., Police Chief Michael Corbitt colludes with Chicago mobsters to commit a string of extortion scams and violent crimes while becoming embroiled in a deadly extramarital affair.

  • Sidney Dorsey, the powerful sheriff of DeKalb County, Ga., is defeated by Derwin Brown in a runoff election and orders his assassination to prevent a corruption probe.
Untouchable: Power Corrupts

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Where people have power and influence -- politics, law enforcement, big business, sports -- corruption is sure to follow. In Investigation Discovery's hourlong series, stories are told of seemingly good citizens whose taste for power turns into a thirst for blood. Episodes use chronological re-enactments and expert commentary to paint unsightly pictures of people whose ambition, authority and sense of entitlement drove them to abuse their power -- and ultimately do the unthinkable.

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