Tuesday, Sept. 24

 

Early morning robbery under investigation

[SEPT. 24, 2002]  Lincoln Police are investigating a robbery said to have taken place at the Clark station, 548 Woodlawn Road, at 2:14 a.m. Tuesday. An employee reported that the masked man claimed he was armed. An undisclosed sum of money was taken. The thief fled the scene on foot, heading west.

The unknown suspect is said to be male, approximately 5-foot-10, slim to medium build and 150-160 pounds.

Detective John Bunner is in charge of the investigation. There are no suspects at this time.

[Jan Youngquist]


Motorists with September registrations reminded of deadline

[SEPT. 24, 2002]  SPRINGFIELD –– Passenger car and B-truck owners who have license plates expiring in September can purchase renewal stickers online at www.cyberdriveillinois.com, by using the "TouchTone Renewal" system, or by visiting a driver services facility, Secretary of State Jesse White said.

Pre-printed renewal applications have been mailed to 698,109 passenger car and B-truck owners who renew their registrations in September.

White said that passenger car and B-truck owners can buy their September 2003 renewal stickers over the counter at 116 driver services facilities –– including 2200 N. Kickapoo in Lincoln, five driver services mobile units, and at about 2,415 financial institutions statewide for a slight additional fee.

It is now too late to mail applications and guarantee delivery of new stickers before the Sept. 30 expiration date. Anyone driving a vehicle on or after Oct. 1 with an expired September 2002 sticker will be subject to a $75 fine for improper registration.

New design plates have been issued for all passenger vehicles in the state, while B-trucks and vehicles in all other plate categories will receive new plates in 2003.

[News release]


Former Gov. Thompson to defend
Gov. Ryan against lawsuits

[SEPT. 24, 2002]  CHICAGO — Former Gov. James Thompson and law partner Kimball Anderson of the law firm of Winston and Strawn will defend Gov. George Ryan and the state Prisoner Review Board in the lawsuits filed Sept. 17 by the attorney general.

The attorney general sued to halt clemency hearings for the nearly 160 death row inmates who petitioned the Prisoner Review Board, the PRB, for their sentences to be commuted from death to life without parole.

One suit, filed in Sangamon County Court, seeks an order for the board to hear cases beyond the 15-minute limit on testimony. However, last week the PRB voted that the 15-minute limit was merely advisory, apparently rendering the attorney general’s lawsuit moot.

The other suit, filed before the Illinois Supreme Court, seeks to enjoin the governor and the PRB from considering the cases of 33 inmates who may not have signed a petition for clemency or whose death sentences have been vacated for resentencing. Through his attorneys, Gov. Ryan will vigorously contest this effort to diminish the powers of governors to act in the interest of justice as provided by the state constitution, a power that past governors have also interpreted broadly.

"I am delighted that Gov. Thompson and Kimball Anderson will be representing me and the Prisoner Review Board. They are attorneys of the highest caliber. Further, I am confident that the facts and the law are on our side and that we will prevail in both courts," Gov. Ryan said.

[Illinois Government News Network
press release]

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