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A man buys time from a Chicago parking meter kiosk on Chicago's North Side in 2013. Among Clinton Krislov’s cases was fighting the expensive and unpopular deal privatizing the city’s parking meters, arguing that the contract was an illegal lease that ran afoul of a provision in the Illinois Constitution. The appellate court held the deal constitutional in 2014. – AP File Photo/M. Spencer Green

Clinton Krislov, 74, recalled as ‘for the regular Joe’

Attorney and frequent political candidate Clinton A. Krislov brought in huge monetary settlements and awards over decades of practice.
By Patricia Manson
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O.J. Simpson, acquitted in famous murder trial, dies at 76

O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76.
By Ken Ritter
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John Anderson aims for Will County representation on appellate court

Judge John C. Anderson said he will bring a broad understanding of legal issues in populous Will County to the 3rd District Appellate Court if elected.
By Emma Oxnevad

Trial Notebook

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Nonprofit proposes safe injection site for opioid abusers, claims sacred right

Threatened with criminal prosecution if it opens up a “safe injection site” for people struggling with opioid abuse, a nonprofit Pennsylvania corporation claimed protection under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and First Amendment.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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7th Circuit rejects R. Kelly’s challenge to 20-year sentence