Images after Degorski life sentence
Anita Alvarez , Cook County State's Attorney, speaks during a press conference after James Degorski received a sentence of life in prison without parole for the Palatine Brown's Chicken murders of Jan. 8, 1993.
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Patricia Degorski, mother of James Degorski, talks to the media after a sentence of life in prison without parole was decided for her son.
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Family members of victims killed at the Brown's Chicken in Jan. 1993 embrace during a press conference after James Degorski received a sentence of life in prison.
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Wisconsin State Rep. Jennifer Shilling, center, is flanked by her sisters, Dana Sampson, left, and Joy Ehlenfeldt, right, as they talk to reporters after a jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison.
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Patricia Degorski departs the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago after a jury sentenced her son James to life in prison for his conviction in the Brown's Chicken and Pasta Restaurant murders in Palatine, Ill., in 1993.
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Ann Ehlenfeldt, sister of victim Richard Ehlenfeldt, speaks during a press conference with other victims' family members at the Cook County Courthouse on Tuesday.
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Wisconsin State Rep. Jennifer Shilling talks to reporters Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 in Chicago after a jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison.
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Diane Clayton, mother of Palatine Brown's Chicken murder victim Marcus Nellsen, speaks during a press conference Tuesday after James Degorski received a sentence of life in prison without parole.
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Family members of victims on Tuesday listen during a press conference at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago.
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Patricia Degorski, mother of James Degorski, talks to the media after a sentence of life in prison without parole was decided for her son.
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Mary Jane Crow, right, sister of victim Michael Castro, speaks during a press conference at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Kathy Degorski, sister of James Degorski, walks out of the courthouse after a sentence of life in prison without parole was decided for her brother.
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Mary Jane Crow, right, sister of victim Michael Castro, speaks during a press conference at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Mary Jane Crow, right, sister of victim Michael Castro, speaks during a press conference at the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Patricia Degorski, mother of James Degorski, talks to the media after a sentence of life in prison without parole was decided for her son.
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Diane Clayton, seated, talks to reporters with her daughter Mary Nunez in Chicago after a jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison.
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Ann Ehlenfeldt, far left, sister of victim Richard Ehlenfeldt, speaks during a press conference with other victims' family members at the Cook County Courthouse on Tuesday.
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Jurors Alex Drott and Cynthia Rathburn, in the far right, speak during a press conference after James Degorski received a sentence of life in prison without parole on Tuesday in Chicago.
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Jurors Alex Drott and Cynthia Rathburn, in the far right, speak during a press conference after James Degorski received a sentence of life in prison without parole on Tuesday in Chicago.
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Robert Mennes, brother of Thomas Mennes, speaks about his brother during an interview on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, James Degorski was sentenced to life in prison for killing Mennes and six others at Brown's Chicken in Palatine in January 1993.
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Mary Nunez, left, holds hands with her mother Diane Clayton, right, as they lead a group of victims' family members to a news conference after a jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison.
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Diane Clayton, mother of Marcus Nellsen, weeps after a sentence of life in prison without parole was decided for her son's killer, James Degorski.
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Diane Clayton, mother of Marcus Nellsen, speaks about her son during an interview on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, James Degorski was sentenced to life in prison for killing Nellsen and six others at Brown's Chicken in Palatine in January 1993.
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Javier Maldonado, left, is consoled in the back of the room by his girlfriend Zyanya Fuentes in Chicago during a news conference after a jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison.
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Jury foreman Cynthia Rathburn responds to a question after her jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison for his involvement in Brown's Chicken and Pasta Restaurant murders of January 1993.
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Jury foreman Cynthia Rathburn, right, listens to fellow juror Alex Drott after their jury sentenced James Degorski to life in prison .
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