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DuPage judge describes learning she was on ‘hit list’

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DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill Fawell said she knew she "better sit down" when she received a letter about a hit list with her name on it. The veteran jurist took a rare turn on the witness stand Friday at the trial of a former Wheaton man accused of soliciting her murder.

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