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Robert E. Crimo III’s father Robert Crimo Jr., right, and mother Denise Pesina attend to a hearing for their son in Lake County court on Aug. 3, 2022, in Waukegan, Ill. Crimo Jr. has been released early from jail, Wednesday after serving part of a 60-day sentence for sponsoring a firearm application for his son. – AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool, File

Father of July 4 parade shooting suspect released early from jail

The father of the suspect in a deadly 2022 Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago has been released early from jail after serving part of a 60-day sentence for sponsoring a firearm application for his son.
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Illinois Supreme Court weighs ‘reenactment’ in toddler murder case

In October 2019, Jessica Logan’s 19-month old son died. Less than two weeks later, police and an investigator from the state’s Department of Child and Family Services met Logan at her Decatur home and gave her a “toddler size mannequin” before telling her to reenact finding the lifeless body of her son in his bed.
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Robert De Niro attends closing arguments in civil rights trial

Robert De Niro looked on Wednesday as a lawyer for a woman who worked for him for over a decade urged a jury in closing arguments to award her millions of dollars for emotional distress and reputational harm because the actor discriminated and retaliated against her.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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