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Illinois Weighs Second Chances

CHICAGO -- In 1978 at age 17, Jimmy Childres murdered his mother, stepfather and brother in what police describe as a "frenzied killing by bullet wounds and multiple stab wounds." At his trial, the central Illinois resident alleged that his mother had beaten him, locked him in a closet for days and...
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By Kari Lydersen

 
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