Crime
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Appellate defender calls case backlog 'a crisis in the criminal justice system'Feb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The director of the state agency that represents people in need in appeals of criminal charges said Thursday its backlog of 2,672 cases represents "a crisi...
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Two years probation, fines for man's charged in Hampshire camera theftFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A 27-year-old man was sentenced this week to two years of probation after being charged in the theft of more than $10,000 of camera equipment from his neighbor in Hampsh...
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Carol Stream man faces stalking chargesFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A 47-year-old Carol Stream man faces felony charges for placing a GPS tracking device on an acquaintance's car, Kane County authorities said in a news release Thursday. ...
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Yang lawyers gain access to evidence concerning former Bears player GayleFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A Lake County judge agreed Thursday to allow attorneys for Marni Yang - convicted in 2011 of murdering the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle...
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Judge placed on administrative duty after putting child in adult lock-up
Feb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A self-proclaimed "lock-'em-up" Cook County judge has been placed on "administrative duty" after surveillance video surfaced of her putting a child in a courtroom lock-u...
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Amy Klobuchar needs black voters, but some feel 'peripheral'
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It took several weeks and about two dozen emails before Amy Klobuchar agreed to sit down with the president of the progressive racial justice organiza...
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Utility to pay $53M for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A utility company will pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking a federal pipeline safety law - $53 million - and plead guilty to causing a ...
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Lawyers: New evidence backs Loughlin, Giannulli's innocence
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Lawyers for 'œFull House'ť actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, said Wednesday that new evidence shows the couple is ...
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Hockey coach moved from job to job, despite sex allegations
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Tony Kellin remembers an assistant hockey coach at the University of Minnesota approaching him in the locker room during the 1984-85 season and saying...
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Colorado poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Colorado is set to become the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty after lawmakers on Wednesday approved a repeal bill that Democratic Gov. Jared P...