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Bank Robber Gets Life Sentence For Murdering Teller

A bank robber who murdered a teller during a botched heist on the South Side nearly six years ago has been sentenced to life in prison by a judge who called his case “a horrific tragedy.”

2013/04/03

Nicholas Sheley

Man Accused In 8 Deaths Gets 2nd Life Sentence

An Illinois man accused of killing eight people from two states during a 2008 spree was given a second life sentence Wednesday, this time in the death of a 93-year-old man.

2013/01/16

Jack Daniel McCullough, 71, was charged with kidnapping and murder in the 1957 slaying of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in Sycamore, Ill. (Photo credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)

Jack McCullough Sentenced To Life In Prison For 1957 Murder

A man found guilty of murdering a 7-year-old in Sycamore in 1957 was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

2012/12/10

James Amison, 40, has been sentenced to five life terms in prison -- three to be served consecutively -- for the murders of his wife, father and ex-girlfriend. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Five Life Sentences For Killing Of Father, Wife And Ex-Girlfriend

A South Side man convicted of murdering his wife, father and ex-girlfriend in a bloody crime spree that spanned from Steger to Maywood to Chicago was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.

2012/08/29

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Naperville Man Could Get Life For Molesting Girls Who Lost Mother To Murder

A Naperville man could be sentenced to life in prison after his conviction for sexually assaulting two young sisters who were sent to live with him after their mother was murdered.

CBS Chicago–2012/08/16

William Balfour, 30, is on trial for allegedly killing three members of Jennifer Hudson's family in 2008. (Cook County Sheriff's Dept.)

3 Consecutive Life Sentences For Balfour In Hudson Family Murders

William Balfour, the man convicted of murdering three members of singer-actress Jennifer Hudson’s family, has been sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison.

CBS Chicago–2012/07/24

Lamar Cooper is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Chicago Police Officer Nathaniel Taylor in September 2008. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Drug Dealer Gets Life In Prison For Killing Chicago Cop

An admitted drug dealer has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a plainclothes Chicago police officer who was attempting to execute a search warrant at the defendant’s home four years ago.

CBS Chicago–2012/03/27

Charles Lawson, 31, was sentenced to life in prison for home invasion and aggravated kidnapping, for allegedly terrorizing an Oak Forest family in 2006 because he mistakenly thought they had drugs and money in their home. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Life Sentence For Man Who Terrorized Oak Forest Family

A convicted felon was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his role in a 2006 home invasion in which the homeowner and his family were terrorized at gunpoint by offenders who mistakenly believed there were drugs and money stashed in the house.

2011/11/22

Gary Schuning was convicted of killing his mother and an escort he called after his mother's murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. (Credit: DuPage County Sheriff's Office)

Life Sentence For Man Convicted Of Killing Mom, Escort

An Addison man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his mother to death before hiring an escort and killing her when she found the knife used in his mother’s murder.

CBS Chicago–2011/07/27

Sonia Lebron

Life Sentence For Woman Who Set Deadly Fire

A woman received a life prison sentence Thursday for setting a 2006 fire that killed a mother and her 6-year-old daughter in Cicero.

2010/12/23

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