Cook County
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Ehlenfeldt daughter's statement regarding guilty verdict in Brown's caseMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Jennifer Shilling, the oldest daughter of Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt and a Wisconsin state representative, issued a statement in behalf of the Ehlenfeldt family followi...
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'We can finally exhale'May 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The families of seven people brutally killed on a cold January night 14 years ago sat with clasped hands united in grief. The tears came before the verdict. Jennifer Shi...
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Suburbanites will always carry sadness for Brown's victimsMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - One piece of the puzzling murder that has haunted the suburbs since a cold, bleak January night in 1993 finally fit into place Thursday just as a sunny, glorious May aft...
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How verdict could affect case against DegorskiMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The guilty verdict against Juan Luna in the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murder trial could strengthen prosecutors' shakier case against the man they allege was the mastermin...
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Death Penalty hearing up nextMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - With the guilty verdict against Juan Luna in, the jury will now hear arguments about whether to put him to death. Next week, the prosecution will put on witnesses to sh...
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What the jury will have to considerMay 08, 2007 11:00 pm - The nine men and three women tapped to decide Juna Luna's fate come from various walks of life� -- and of Cook County. Among the jurors sit a flight attendant, a prob...
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The defense's caseMay 08, 2007 11:00 pm - At the beginning of the trial, defense attorney Clarence Burch told jurors he was in court to free an innocent man. He certainly had his work cut out for him. Between a...
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Luna prosecutor's closing points to DNA, printsMay 08, 2007 11:00 pm - If Juan Luna's confession to the worst slaying in suburban Chicago history was coerced, then there wouldn't be DNA and print evidence tying him to the Palatine crime sce...
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Key elements of the prosecutionMay 08, 2007 11:00 pm - From the beginning of the case against Juan Luna, perhaps the most condemning evidence against him has been his own words. "Everyone get down on the floor and no one wi...
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DNA experts at odds as testimony wraps upMay 03, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new: Testimony concludes after 13 days of evidence. What's next: Closing arguments are slated to begin Wednesday. Testimony ended Thursday in the Brown's Chicke...