Cook County
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Judge sets tough rulesMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County Judge Vincent Michael Gaughan was a supervisor in the public defender's office before being appointed to the bench 16 years ago. Now, he is presiding over b...
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Jury selection begins in Brown's trialMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - One hundred fifty potential jurors filed into Courtroom 500 today at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse, as the process got under way to select a jury for one of two me...
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How scientist's foresight led to preservation of clues in Brown's Chicken murder caseMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - First published: May 20, 2002 When Jane Homeyer methodically searched the Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine for evidence after the massacre there in 1993, some c...
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Two held in Brown's murdersMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - First published: May 17, 2002 Two suspects in the Brown's Chicken massacre in Palatine were in custody Wednesday, according to news reports. The two men were impl...
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Jury selection won't be easyMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The nightmare began Jan. 8, 1993, for six families, hundreds of friends and a community of thousands when seven bodies were found in two freezers at a Palatine Brown's C...
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Jury selection begins in Brown's trialMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - One hundred fifty potential jurors filed into Courtroom 500 today at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse, as the process got under way to select a jury for one of two me...
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Body found in truck was mob victimNov 15, 2000 4:00 pm - Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the Nov. 15, 1986, edition of the Daily Herald. It provides historical context for the Oct. 25, 2012, arrests of Steve...
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'Burn the Floor' sizzles, but marred by samenessDec 31, 1996 11:00 pm - Despite the blizzard that started pummeling Chicago on Tuesday, the show still went on for opening night of “Burn the Floor” at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago. A...
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From 1995: Aurora man wrongly convicted of murder is freedMay 26, 1995 11:00 pm - Lionel Lane paced back and forth in his prison cell at the Pontiac Correctional Center Thursday night, unable to sleep. “I didn’t ever think the day would come,” the 34-...
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From 1995: Court may overturn murder conviction after others confessMay 24, 1995 11:00 pm - For the past two months, Lionel Lane has sat in a prison cell at the Pontiac Correctional Center for a murder that Kane County prosecutors now say was committed by someo...