Juan Luna's life now rests in the hands of the same 12 people who convicted him of writing the bloodiest chapter in suburban Chicago history. His jury will reconvene today to determine whether Luna's crimes qualify him for the death penalty. If memb...

Juan Luna's life now rests in the hands of the same 12 people who convicted him of writing the bloodiest chapter in suburban Chicago history. His jury will reconvene today to determine whether Luna's crimes qualify him for the death penalty. If memb...

Five years ago, Manny Castro vowed to "pull the plug" on the man charged with murdering his teenage son and six others in a Palatine restaurant. Yet a day after 12 jurors found Juan Luna guilty, Castro said his son's convicted killer should languish...

Jim Degorski appeared in court Friday with his lawyers to hash out when he will face a jury that will rule on his alleged role in the Brown's Chicken murders. He stood in the same marble and dark wood-lined courtroom where Juan Luna was convicted f...

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 Shilling bent over, holding her head in her hands, as jurors filed into the courtro...

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 damning confession and DNA evidence linking Juan Luna to the crime scene, the c...

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 the Illinois State Police Crime Lab complied with an order to turn over all data r...

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 in doing so, they walked a fine line on the defense's contention that Palatine po...

Juan Luna's defense took steps Tuesday to undermine key evidence, including the crucial DNA link, in the state's case that the Carpentersville man killed seven people in the Palatine Brown's Chicken and Pasta murders 14 years ago. DNA expert Karl R...

What's new: Defense team begins to slowly build its case. What's next: More defense witnesses take the stand Monday. In the defense's first crack at the case, Juan Luna's attorneys began to weave together evidence Thursday to show someone else bru...