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Illinois justices weigh harshness of 19-year-old s life term
JOHN O CONNOR, AP Political Writer
May 11, 2021
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) A state prosecutor told the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday that a man who was 19 when he participated in a double murder in 1993 shouldn t be able to claim his life sentence was unfair because he was armed and aware of the plot to kidnap and punish rival gang members.
Antonio House maintains that he was a young lookout “some distance away” away during the gang-revenge slayings in Chicago and was therefore improperly sentenced to life for the murders and two consecutive 30-year terms for kidnapping.
Report: LaSalle virus crisis response reactive and chaotic
JOHN O CONNOR, AP Political Writer
April 30, 2021
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1of3Terry Prince, Gov. J.B. Pritzker s designee as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses changes in administration, communication, policies and infection control that he and others at the agency are implementing in response to a COVID-19 outbreak last fall at the LaSalle Veterans Home.John O Connor/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Terry Prince, Gov. J.B. Pritzker s designee as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses changes in administration, communication, policies and infection control that he and others at the agency are implementing in response to a COVID-19 outbreak last fall at the LaSalle Veterans Home.John O Connor/APShow MoreShow Less