Cook County
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Luna's dream teamMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A 1997 McHenry County drug case paved the way for defense attorney Clarence Burch to work on the highest-profile case of his 29-year legal career - defending Juan Luna, ...
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After 12 hours, divers unable to findBrown's murder weaponMar 27, 2007 11:00 pm - First published: May 29, 2002 After more than 12 hours scouring the bottom of the Fox River in Carpentersville Tuesday, dozens of divers failed to find the gun p...
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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...