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Million Dollar Bond Set For Alledged Montgomery Arsonist
(WGN-AM)- A Montgomery man charged in a weekend arson blaze that killed two family members was told he could face the death penalty during a brief court appearance in Kendall County on Monday. Theddias Amone LeSure, 21, was assigned a public defender and...Tags: Arson, Crimes, Lawyers, Punishment, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Dugan In Court Tuesday, Expected To Enter Guilty Plea
(WGN-AM)- If Brian Dugan admits guilt Tuesday in the kidnapping, rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico, it will not necessarily be to take responsibility for the 1983 killing. Instead, it will be an attempt to spare his own life. The plea,...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Prosecution, Trials, Sex Crimes, Politics
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Man Switches Plea To Guilty as Murder Trial Begins
(WGN-AM)- A 57-year-old Harwood Heights man about to go on trial on charges he beat his wife to death with a hammer four years ago on a River Forest sidewalk pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder and first-degree murder where there is an order of...Tags: Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Trials, Travel, Crimes, Lawyers
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Man Who Killed Wife With Hammer Eligible For Death Penalty
(WGN-AM)- Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that James Pender is eligible for the death penalty for killing his estranged wife with a hammer as she walked home from the River Forest Metra station after work in March 2005. Pender, 57, of Harwood Heights...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Metra
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Harwood Heights Man Get Life Sentence For Murdering Wife
(WGN-AM)- A 57-year-old Harwood Heights man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday for murdering his estranged wife, who had taken out an order of protection against him. James Pender was sentenced by Judge Thomas Tucker in the Cook...Tags: Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Prosecution, Trials, Lawyers, Crimes
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Rolando Cruz Upset Brian Dugan Won't Stand Trial
(WGN-AM) - Twice convicted and sentenced to death for Jeanine Nicarico's murder, Rolando Cruz was angry to the point of tears today when he learned that Brian Dugan finally would plead guilty to the crime.
Cruz, who was acquitted and later pardoned in...Tags: Sexual Assault, Prosecution, Trials, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior
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Convicted Murderer May Plead Guilty To Another In Hopes Of Avoiding Death Penalty
(WGN-AM)- In a legal gambit to save his life, Brian Dugan may plead guilty as early as Tuesday to the 1983 murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville, the Tribune has learned. A source said that defense attorneys are planning to tell DuPage...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Crimes, Lawyers, Punishment
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Prison and parole solutions will require real political courage
In 1982, Warlocks motorcycle gang tough guy Robert "Mudman" Simon was convicted of killing a teenage girl in Jim Thorpe for refusing to consent to gang rape by his fellow gang members, and off he went to state prison, where, if there had been any justice,...Tags: Prosecution, Sex Crimes, Lawyers, Jim Thorpe, Punishment
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Jury orders death penalty for killer of Jamiel Shaw II
A 23-year-old gang member who shot and killed a high school football star he mistook for a rival gangster in 2008 should be put to death, a Los Angeles jury decided Wednesday.
Jurors reached the verdict after about a week of testimony in the penalty...Tags: Football, Prosecution, Trials, Lawyers, Punishment
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Jury Recommends Death Penalty in Jamiel Shaw Murder
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Jurors have recommended death for Pedro Espinoza, the gang member convicted of murdering high school football star Jamiel Shaw. Espinoza, 23, will be formally sentenced on Sept. 21. On May 9, the same jury convicted Espinoza of the...Tags: Immigration, Football, Punishment, High School Sports, Sports
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Gang member should be executed for killing high school football star, jury says
L.A. NOWA 23-year-old gang member who shot and killed a high school football star he mistook for a rival gangster should be sentenced to death, a Los Angeles jury decided Wednesday. The panel returned the verdict after about a week of...... -
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Egyptians vote in presidential election to rid nation of decades of dictatorship CAIRO (AP) — Determined to end decades of authoritarian rule, millions of Egyptians waited patiently in long lines outside polling stations across the nation on...
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