Cook County
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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...
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Witnesses debate probability of DNA matching LunaMay 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Depending on which witness is talking in the Brown's Chicken murder trial, the crime scene evidence tied to Juan Luna's DNA could only match 1 in 2.8 trillion other peop...
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Sergeant concedes Palatine police "got an innocent man to confess"May 02, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new: Police sergeant testifies to taking a detailed statement from a suspect in 1999. The defense wraps up its case. What's next: The judge will review whether th...
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Sergeant details earlier confessionMay 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Roughly 12 hours after being arrested in connection with the Brown's Chicken murders, John Simonek appeared ready to confess. He signed away his right to remain silent. ...
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Prosecution calls confession by another man blatantly coercedMay 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Prosecutors Wednesday ripped apart a 1999 confession from a man other than defendant Juan Luna in the Brown's Chicken murder trial, labeling it blatantly coerced. But i...