Grace to step down as U S attorney in Illinois
U S attorney for the southern district of Illinois Charles Grace will resign next week. Robert J. Cleary, 46, a former New Jersey prosecutor, is named interim head of the office, with 18 years in the Justice Department. Cleary previously led the district in New Jersey.
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Southern District of Illinois
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Justice Department
New Jersey
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District of New Jersey
Indictments Expected in Illinois Driver License Bribery Case
Chicago agitations surround Gov. George Ryan aides as defense lawyer Edward Genson says fresh racketeering indictments are due from the federal building. Dean Bauer, jailed on obstruction charges, has testified under immunity and waived the Fifth Amendment in a civil suit tied to the bribery scandal.
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Chicago
George Ryan
Edward Genson
Ryan
Dean Bauer
Genson
Bauer
Waagner sentenced to 30 years in prison
URBANA AP A man linked to sending fake anthrax letters to abortion clinics nationwide after fleeing an Illinois jail received 30 years in federal prison. Clayton Lee Waagner, who claimed a divine mission against abortion providers, also faced 27 years for interstate transport of a stolen vehicle and illegal firearm possession, plus 37 months for the jail escape, to run consecutively. He showed no remorse and vowed to continue his anti abortion campaign from prison.
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Clayton Lee Waagner
God
Waagner
Court overturns one BB gun conviction in Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned one of Henry County man Joshua T. Davis's convictions for battery and armed violence after he fired a BB gun at two youths. The ruling notes the armed violence statute lacks explicit mention of BB guns, so the conviction was inappropriate. The incident occurred July 2, 1998, when 17 year old Matthew Mulder lost an eye and 15 year old Cody Junior was injured. Mulder's remarks reflect the impact. Davis, now 23, faced a minimum six year sentence for armed violence at sentencing.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Henry County
Joshua T. Davis
Matthew Mulder and
Cody Junior
Davis
Mulder
Junior
Davis House
Joshua Davis
Atkinson
Clark C. Barnes
Ruling Upholds Immunity, Reverses Several Cook County Convictions
The court ruled a boy injured in gym class cannot sue due to government immunity. It upheld a Cook County man's sexual assault conviction despite speedy trial concerns caused by indecision over representation. It overturned a $675,000 malpractice award against a Cook County doctor, with jury findings on dehydration and cause of death reconsidered. A concurrent 364 day sentence for battery was noted, and Barnes reversed an aggravated battery conviction tied to an armed violence verdict. Davis ordered restitution totaling $28,173 to two families.
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Cook County
Supreme Court
Michael Mayo
Barnes
Davis
Ryan pitches Illinois medical products to Cuba
Governor George Ryan told Fidel Castro in Varadero that Cuba should decide soon whether to add pharmaceuticals to its post hurricane shopping list. He noted hearings next week and said progress in selling food should extend to humanitarian medical products.
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Cuba
Illinois
Fidel Castro
George Ryan
Ryan
Havana
Castro
U.S
Ferris Manufacturing
Medline
DMS Pharmaceutical
JDR International
Century Healthcare
Illinois faces $650 million shortfall in state budget
SPRINGFIELD AP It is official the state will end the fiscal year with more bills than cash and must tap the rainy day fund. The budget office says revenue will grow only 224 million, 650 million below budget forecasts, creating a $53 billion hole that Gov. George Ryan has begun to fill by cutting about 500 million in spending.
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George Ryan
Ryan
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