Des Plaines Crime
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Juror who voted to spare Luna's life 'at peace' with her decisionMay 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The lone juror whose vote spared Juan Luna's life in the Brown's Chicken trial last week is praying for the families of seven people slain in a Palatine restaurant 14 ye...
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What it was like to be a Brown's jurorMay 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Serving as a juror on one of the most highly publicized cases in the Chicago area isn't as glamorous as it may sound. Justice comes before comfort. Twelve panelists tapp...
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Families' reactions reflect split views of justiceMay 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Some had hoped desperately for this. Others had wished publicly for Juan Luna's death, their eyes watering over when jurors said no. But the grief-stricken families of t...
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Trial 'took a toll on us all'May 17, 2007 11:00 pm - For five weeks, they've sat in the same chairs and listened to tearful testimony and gruesome details of the bloody case. They couldn't sleep. They couldn't see their fa...
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Thoughtfulness saved life of man who didn't think of othersMay 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's not so easy to snuff out a life -- when you think about it. After thinking about it for two hours in a room by themselves, a jury of 12 people from different walks ...
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Circle of griefMay 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Juan Luna wept openly in court Tuesday as the youngest daughter of the Brown's Chicken owners confronted him about the brutal slaying of her parents and five of their em...
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'Violence does not end violence'May 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In a rare display of mid-trial unity Tuesday, Juan Luna's relatives joined the family of one his victims outside the Cook County courthouse Tuesday morning to protest th...
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Luna jury to decide life/death issueMay 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Juan Luna's life now rests in the hands of the same 12 people who convicted him of writing the bloodiest chapter in suburban Chicago history. His jury will reconvene tod...
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Luna's family prays for 'mercy, understanding'May 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Juan Luna's family is asking the public to pray for them and the victims' relatives as a jury determines the fate of their 33-year-old son, brother, husband and father. ...
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Pondering death for LunaMay 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Five years ago, Manny Castro vowed to "pull the plug" on the man charged with murdering his teenage son and six others in a Palatine restaurant. Yet a day after 12 juror...