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Blagojevich faces higher pension hurdle, loses law license
Clout StreetConvicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich will now have to clear a few more hurdles before he would even have a slight chance of collecting a $65,000-a-year state pension. The General Assembly Retirement System board added the extra layer of scrutiny Wednesday...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Illinois Supreme Court, Labor Legislation, Retirement, Laws
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Prosecutors argue against need for new Cellini trial
Tribune reporterIn a filing late Thursday, federal prosecutors argued against a new trial for Springfield power broker William Cellini amid revelations that a juror who helped convict him earlier this month apparently concealed her felony criminal background during jury...Tags: Justice System, Cocaine, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Judges
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The Davis case, uncertainty and the death penalty
Change of SubjectThe Davis case was never as simple as the quick summaries in news accounts suggested -- it was a patchwork of assumptions, allegations, suspicions, contradictions, mitigations, denials, omissions and a few hard facts. If anything will ever dull the... -
George Ryan, released from prison, at wife's side when she died
Tribune reportersFormer Gov. George Ryan was with his ailing wife Lura Lynn as she was taken off a respirator and died at a Kankakee hospital Monday. Ryan was temporarily released from prison in Terre Haute, Ind. so he could be at her bedside during her final hours,...Tags: Elections, LeVar Burton, Fidel Castro, U.S. Army, Regional Authority
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Illinois death penalty ban takes effect Friday
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The death penalty in Illinois officially ends Friday, and the 15 prisoners who once faced execution already have been scattered across prisons throughout the state. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the ban on capital punishment March 9, but the...Tags: Elections, Crimes, Illinois, Barack Obama, Credit and Debt
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Illinois' death row officially shuts down
CHICAGO (AP) — Death row in Illinois is dead. On Friday, a ban that Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law in March took effect. It's a quiet last chapter to the story of capital punishment in Illinois, which captured the attention of the world in 2000...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, Punishment, Illinois, Credit and Debt
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Blagojevich struggled with credibility long before his conviction
![As a candidate and as governor, Rod Blagojevich loved to toss around the word "corrupt" as he heaped scorn on the business-as-usual nature of Illinois politics. So his reaction to the 2006 conviction of his predecessor, George Ryan, was totally in character.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/62945242-02141246.jpg "As a candidate and as governor, Rod Blagojevich loved to toss around the word "corrupt\" as he heaped scorn on the business-as-usual nature of Illinois politics. So his reaction to the 2006 conviction of his predecessor, George Ryan, was totally in character.")
As a candidate and as governor, Rod Blagojevich loved to toss around the word "corrupt" as he heaped scorn on the business-as-usual nature of Illinois politics. So his reaction to the 2006 conviction of his predecessor, George Ryan, was totally in...Tags: High School Sports, Elections, College Sports, College Basketball, Christopher Kelly
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Other Illinois governors in legal trouble since 1901
William Stratton, Republican governor from 1953 to 1961, was acquitted in 1965 of income tax evasion charges stemming from the way he spent some of his campaign cash. Otto Kerner, Democratic governor from 1961 to 1968, was convicted of bribery,...Tags: Otto Kerner, Crimes, Bribery, Illinois, Dan Walker
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Ex-DuPage official got 2 preferential deals from former board colleagues
When DuPage County officials wanted to build 91 new units of affordable housing eight years ago, they didn't bother to follow federal rules that required them to request proposals from developers.
They didn't bother to even look outside their own...Tags: Tax Credits, Local Government, Illinois, Credit and Debt, Finance
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Ex-DuPage official got no-bid deals
Tribune reporterWhen DuPage County officials wanted to build 91 new units of affordable housing eight years ago, they didn’t bother to follow federal rules that required them to request proposals from developers. They didn’t bother to even look outside their...Tags: Tax Credits, Local Government, Darien (DuPage, Illinois), Illinois, Credit and Debt
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Renowned Northwestern prof Protess to retire
Tribune reportersA controversial Northwestern University journalism professor who started a landmark program to investigate wrongful convictions will retire at the end of August, the school announced today. David Protess, one of the university’s most nationally...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Crimes, Witnesses, Illinois, Murder
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Blago will be home for Christmas
Change of SubjectSneed writes today that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich "will be in prison in a matter of weeks," but this is almost certainly not true. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 6, and so once again I will remind readers......
Oct 26, 2011
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Sep 22, 2011
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Jun 28, 2011
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Jun 30, 2011
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Jul 1, 2011
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Jul 2, 2011
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Jun 19, 2011
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May 28, 2011
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May 28, 2011
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Jun 13, 2011
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Nov 22, 2011
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