WASHINGTON - January 15 - Corporate Crime Reporter releases a report, Public Corruption in the United States, featuring "The Ten Most Corrupt States" and the "Ten Least Corrupt States."

The 50-state ranking is based on an analysis of Justice Department prosecutions of public officials -- local, state and federal -- over the last ten years. The report ranks the states based on a "corruption rate" which the report defines as the number of public corruption convictions in the state over the last ten years per 100,000 population.

When: Friday, January 16, 2004. 10 a.m.

Where: Murrow Room, National Press Club, 13th Floor, 14th & F Streets, Washington, D.C.

Speaker: Russell Mokhiber, Editor, Corporate Crime Reporter

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