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Luna, Degorski fight Brown's convictions from prison

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Juan Luna and James Degorski were convicted in the infamous 1991 Palatine Brown's Chicken murders.

A photo of a prison cell at the Menard Correctional Center, located in southwestern Illinois.

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An interior photo of the Menard Correctional Center, located in southwestern Illinois.

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Juan Luna and James Degorski together took seven lives 20 years ago at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine. Today the pair lead seperate but parallel existences in maximum-security prisons on opposite ends of the state. Degorski, 40, and Luna, 38, spend the bulk of their days in 6-by-10-foot cells, frequently poring over the limited legal resources at their disposal.

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