Barbara Vitello
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Key points of the defense caseSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - • Lack of evidence. No physical evidence linked Degorski to the scene. Authorities linked Degorski's co-defendant Juan Luna to the crime through his DNA. • Unreliable wi...
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Jury deliberating Degorski eligibility for deathSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Following a 90-minute hearing this morning, the jury that convicted James Degorski of seven counts of first degree murder in the 1993 slayings of seven workers at a Pala...
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Key points in the Degorski trialSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Throughout James Degorski's capital murder trial for the 1993 slayings of seven workers at a Palatine Brown's Chicken & Pasta, the defense and prosecution focused on sev...
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Degorski trial winding down without jury hearing 'confession' tapeSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - When testimony concludes this week in James Degorski's capital murder trial, it will come about 5 minutes sooner than expected. With the defense set to wrap up its rebut...
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Metropolis to open season with 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'Sep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights opens its main stage season with the southern-fried "Pump Boys and Dinettes," a disarming, roots-rock revue about ...
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Prosecutors present final witnesses in Degorski caseSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Prosecutors got their last chance to present evidence Wednesday in James Degorski's capital murder case, which is expected to go to the jury next week. Degorski, 37, has...
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On Stage: Comedic look at "Gone with the Wind"Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - "Moonlight and Magnolias" A behind-the-scenes comedy about the filming of "Gone With the Wind," in which producer David O. Selznick desperately tries to recruit a new wr...
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Degorski defense points to false confessionSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - After James Degorski made a video statement confessing his involvement in the Brown's Chicken murders, he went to Cook County Jail. After John Simonek made a video stat...
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Witness: Degorski asked if God would forgive murderSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - On the eighth day of James Degorski's capital murder trial, the prosecution rested. In its attempt to prove Degorski killed seven people at a Palatine Brown's Chicken & ...
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Photos, videotape and ex-girlfriend's testimony focus of Degorski trialSep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Pictures told the story of the infamous Brown's Chicken murders last week as James Degorski's capital murder trial continued. Grim crime scene photographs and a brief bu...