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New evidence stirs doubt over murder convictions
Tribune staff reportersThirteen years after four Chicago teenagers were convicted of the rape and murder of a Rush University medical student, new evidence--including DNA tests--raises the possibility that the wrong men were imprisoned, according to a Tribune investigation....Tags: Entertainment, Science, Punishment, Family, Health and Safety at School
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4 find new hope in DNA results
Tribune staff reportersWith DNA testing bolstering their claims of innocence, four men convicted of the 1986 rape and murder of Rush University medical student Lori Roscetti called on Cook County prosecutors to dismiss charges against them and run crime-scene DNA through a...Tags: Punishment, Family, Health and Safety at School, Prisons, Health
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DNA again excludes 4 in murder of Roscetti
Tribune staff reportersAnother round of DNA testing has failed to link four men to the 1986 rape and murder of medical student Lori Roscetti, raising more doubts about their convictions, the attorney for the four men said Wednesday. DNA from two pubic hairs found in Roscetti's...Tags: Hair and Nails, Judges, Chicago, Rape, Prisons
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Coercive and illegal tactics torpedo scores of Cook County murder cases
Tribune staff reportersSubstituting interrogation for thorough investigation, police in Chicago and Cook County have repeatedly closed murder cases with dubious confessions that imprison the innocent while killers go free. In the first investigation of its kind, the Tribune...Tags: Entertainment, Behavioral Conditions, Gaming, Punishment, Criminal Laws
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No DNA link for 4 inmates
Tribune staff reportersDNA recovered from the body of Rush University medical student Lori Roscetti does not match any of the four men who were convicted as teenagers of her 1986 abduction, sexual assault and murder, according to test results obtained by the Tribune. The DNA...Tags: Punishment, Family, Prisons, Health and Safety at School, Health
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Lawyers agree to new tests in killing
Tribune staff reporterProsecutors took the first steps toward re-examining the case against four men accused of the 1986 murder and rape of Rush University medical student Lori Roscetti, agreeing to new testing on physical evidence connected to the case. Also, they said DNA...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Crime lab defends itself, analyst
Tribune staff reporterThe director of the Illinois State Police on Thursday expressed confidence in the state crime laboratories, calling the system "one of the best in the world," and contended recent allegations of forensic fraud relate to the now-defunct Chicago police...Tags: Employees, Punishment, Prisons, Health and Safety at School, Illinois
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Fire strikes downtown skyscraper
A fire was burning Monday night on an upper floor of a high-rise office building in the heart of the financial district in downtown Chicago, bringing a third of the city's fire equipment into the Loop to battle the flames.
Twenty-five people were taken...Tags: Employees, Hospitals and Clinics, Sports, LaSalle Bank, Soccer
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Merck withdraws arthritis drug
Tribune staff reporterPharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Thursday it will halt worldwide sales of its popular arthritis drug Vioxx in the wake of new data showing increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. Some 2 million people worldwide are taking the drug, making Merck'...Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Health, Companies and Corporations, Disasters, Pharmaceuticals
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Sentencing closes 'book of horrors'
Tribune staff reporterOn what would have been Lori Roscetti`s 25th birthday, the third person convicted of her 1986 rape and murder was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus a consecutive 60-year term. ``You`re the last chapter in a book of horrors,`` Cook County Criminal...Tags: Punishment, Judges, Criminal Laws, Prisons, Health and Safety at School
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