Cook County 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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Palatine residents split over Luna's sentenceMay 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Just like the victims' families and just like the jurors who ultimately decided the fate of Juan Luna, people living in Palatine are divided when it comes to whether the...
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Joy Ehlenfeldt's victim impact statementMay 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It seems trite to say that Richard Earl Ehlenfeldt was a loving son, dependable big brother, devoted husband and proud father. But he really fulfilled the deepest meanin...
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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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One family tells of the grief Luna brought to them, to his own familyMay 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...