Convicted murder dies what a shame he never made it to the table for leatal injection

man sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man during a home invasion in 1998 died of blood poisoning and the so-called flesh-eating bacteria, an autopsy has found.
Robert J. Turner, 32, died Friday at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago's intensive care unit after he was transferred there last Wednesday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Turner was on a medical furlough from the Dixon Correctional Center and was being treated for a number of maladies, including cirrhosis of the liver, authorities said.

An autopsy performed Sunday determined that Turner died of necrotizing fasciitis -- more commonly called the flesh-eating bacteria -- and sepsis and his death was ruled natural, according to the medical examiner's office.

The flesh-eating disorder is a rare but severe type of infection that can destroy the muscles, skin and other underlying tissue.

Turner was 18 when he and two other men were charged with the shooting death of Derek Miles, 18.

Chicago police said Turner and the other men confronted Miles and two companions on the street and demanded money. After Miles and his companions could come up with only $15, one of victims offered to hand over valuables stored in Miles' home.

The victims and robbers went to the home in the 6200 block of South Albany Avenue, police said. While the three suspects collected stereo equipment and other items, Miles slipped away and got a gun from another part of the house.

When Miles returned and confronted the three men, police said someone fired several shots and killed Miles.

Officials from the Illinois Department of Corrections weren't immediately available for comment this morning.

Teachers are going to be forced back to work

Below is the news article on the CTU and CPS Strike. This is wrong although valid of a strike kids are out of class. They are not learning anything at home this is one of the reasons why there is a high drop out rate. If I was the Governor you would be like the cops and firemen. They can not stike under federal law and your asses should not be allowed to strike while school is in session.

 

If there are any CPS teacher's out there did you know while your on strike 1/2 of your class rooms are now getting criminal records and learning some of their constitutional rights by use of the court instead of a class. You all should be fired you have failed to meet the demand of the tax payer who pay your salaries. I hope a court ruling forces you back to work. I also hope you violate that order so we can lock you up.

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  List of schools, sites open for studentsLake Forest High re-opens without teachersCPS finances tell grim taleMayor's reputation tarnished in union dust-upTalks boil down to money, job security, workdayTeachers fear wave of school closings after strike

 

Chicago teachers back on the picket line this morning pleaded with parents for patience, even as Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he has had enough and is going to court to force an end to the strike now in its second week.
"Parents need to understand," David Temkin, a social worker for Chicago Public Schools, said as he stood outside school headquarters. "We want better schools. Unfortunately, this is the only way we can fight."
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis met for nearly three hours Sunday with the union's House of Delegates to review a tentative contract that had been brokered after months of negotiation. But the delegates decided to extend the strike at least two more days to give them more time to consider the deal. Several said they were dissatisfied with some of the terms.To read more click here

Sept 11 2001 America Remembers

With Sept 11 around the corner I want to say thank you to every cop, every firefighter, every EMT, every branch of the military. You risk your life so other's may live or have freedom so I ask all my readers to stop by your local police, fire,or military recruter and say thank you if you see them on the street that day offer to buy they coffee, lunch, or make them something and drop it off at the place of work.

Drew Peterson Guilty or not

Well Drew Peterson was arrested on May 7 2009. He was tried and found guilty on Sep 6 2012. Well let me educate everyone see all of you forgot someof the stuff you were taught in school. It is apparent that politicians deffenitly do.
Like always another Illinois Politician violates civil rights.
Illinois politics violate your right to carry a gun, violate your rights under the 14th Amendment when it comes to speed and redlight tickets, and now the idiot pictured to the left violated the 6th Amendment. How you ask well I'll tell you. The 6th Amendment entitles you to a fair a speedy trial which means you can not sit in jail for more than 160 days and on that 160th day the state must do one of two things prosecute you or let you go with double jepordy attached. If your out on bond then they have 120 days to do the same. so the next time you go to traffic court pay attention unless you need legal counsil your in and out the same day speedy trial 6th Amendment Judges in traffic court play with it every day thelawyers also hope you forget that part of the law so you can sit for 3 years before going to trial. Drew Peterson Guilty or not does not matter he was held for more than 160 days and the case should be over turned and double jepordy attached just because Will County failed to prosecute him with in the time frame defined by the Constitution.

True News USA reported this on their site

 

Two men facing charges of robbing Red Line riders appeared in bond court Sunday.

Sherman Wilson, 55, of the 7400 block of North Ashland Avenue, brandished a silver knife on the Red Line headed toward Howard Street, demanding that a rider hand over his wallet, cellphone and watch, authorities said. Wilson struggled with the victim, pushing him to the ground and taking his watch, prosecutors said.

Wilson was arrested Thursday when a Chicago Transit Authority security guard recognized him from surveillance video of the Red Line attack, prosecutors said. Sherman was arrested at the Jarvis Avenue station in Rogers Park. Chicago Police News Affairs did not have information about when the robbery occurred.

Another alleged CTA robber, Justin Harris, 17, of the 500 block of West 81st Place, was arrested Saturday night after snatching an iPhone out of a woman's hand, prosecutors said. The woman chased Harris out of the Red Line station at 79th Street. She waved down police on foot patrol, and the trio caught up to Harris in a nearby parking lot, prosecutors said.

Wilson was charged with felony armed robbery and is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond. Harris is charged with robbery. The amount of his bail was not available.

24 shot in Laborday Weekend

Why is it people can not be just people we can not even have a holiday with out someone getting shot. It is high time the Mayor stepped aside and higher as many people he can and waive the highering process by highering security officer's who surpass state qualifications and that the city already trained to write anovs, parking, streets and sanitation ticket and that worked housing. Then the state should open it up to a CWP. This will do two things 1 allow cops to be cops by kicking in doors of every gang member arrest him and charge him as either domestic terrorist or treason. The 2nd will allow people to protect themself. Below is an Article from WFLD on the 24 shot garentee there are more to come.

 

At least 24 people have been shot – two fatally – around the city since Friday night.

The shootings include:

A 38-year-old man who was found slumped over the wheel of his vehicle, dead of multiple gunshot wounds, near an elementary school in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood early Sunday.

Jeffrey Smith was found slumped over the wheel of his vehicle in the 9200 block of South Chappel Avenue, near the Warren Elementary School, about 3 a.m. Smith, of the 5100 block of South Marshfield Avenue, was dead at the scene. He was shot multiple times, police said.

A 45-year-old woman was found shot to death in an apartment in the Uptown neighborhood Sunday morning. About 5 a.m., the woman was found dead on the scene in an apartment at Broadway and Montrose, police said. A man with lacerations to his face was also in the apartment. Police did not immediately have any additional details on this incident Sunday morning.

The non-fatal shootings include:

A gunman opened fire at a group early Sunday in the Northwest Side Belmont Craigin neighborhood, critically wounding one man in the apparently gang-related shooting.

The man, 22, was standing with the group of people about 1:35 in the 5000 block of West Montana Street when the gunman started shooting, police said. He was shot multiple times in the chest and was in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Authorities said the attack appears to be gang-related.

A 25-year-old man leaving a bar in the River North area early Saturday who was shot when a suspect on a bicycle attempted to rob him, police said.

The man was leaving a bar in the 700 block of North Franklin Street at 3:15 a.m. when a male on a bicycle approached and announced a robbery, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. The suspect then shot the man and fled on the bike but he didn't get anything from the man, Greer said.

He was taken in good condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.

About 4 a.m. Saturday, a man was shot in the West Town neighborhood. The victim, in his 20s, was shot in the abdomen in the 1100 block of North Western Avenue, according to police. He was in "stable" condition at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said.

About 10:40 p.m. on Friday, a man and a woman were shot during an argument on the Near West Side.

They were in the 100 block of North Damen Avenue at 10:42 p.m. when they got into an argument with an unknown male, who took out a handgun and opened fire in their direction, police said.

Both the man, 23, and the woman, 25, were shot in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in "stable" condition, police said. The woman suffered gunshot wounds to both legs, police said.

The shooting happened a couple blocks from the United Center and close to the Suder Montessori Magnet School -- which serves students in preschool to 5th grade -- at Washington Boulevard and Damen Avenue.

The male victim has a gang affiliation and a criminal record, according to a law enforcement source.

Since Wednesday night, shootings in Chicago have left at least 49 people wounded, including those who have been killed. Since last Thursday, at least 110 people have been wounded, which includes those dead, in Chicago from gun violence.

PillHill shooting hits 4 people at a Laborday BBQ

Four people, including an 11-year-old girl, were shot and wounded late Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a family party in the Pill Hill neighborhood on the city's South Side, Chicago police said. (Source: WGN - Chicago)

By William Lee Tribune reporter

4:21 a.m. CDT, September 3, 2012

Four people, including an 11-year-old girl, were shot and wounded late Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a family party in the Pill Hill neighborhood on the city's South Side, Chicago police said.

The 10:45 p.m. shooting in the 9100 block of South Chappel Avenue was only a block from the scene of a fatal shooting earlier in the day, though police said it was too soon to tell if they were connected.

 

The victims were among a larger crowd of partygoers outside the home on South Chappel, police said, citing early reports. The family barbecue was winding down with revelers gathered in the front and back yards of the home when a lone gunman emerged from a gangway across the street and opened fire, police said.

The victims included a 16-year-old boy who was wounded in the back and an 18-year-old man struck in the right elbow, police said.

A 51-year-old woman was wounded in the buttocks, while the girl suffered a graze wound to the left calf.

The girl was taken by a relative to nearby Advocate Trinity Hospital, while the other three were hospitalized. By 3 a.m., all of the victims were listed in good condition, police said.

After firing numerous shots, the shooter escaped through the gangway and remained at-large this morning. Police had only a vague description of the gunman and no clear motive for the shooting.

Officers at the scene dismissed an earlier report that two gunmen were present at the shooting.

Statistically, the tiny Pill Hill neighborhood has one of the lowest crime rates of any South Side neighborhood, according to Chicago police numbers. Including Sunday's slaying of a 38-year-old man, Pill Hill -- named because of its past popularity among doctors -- has had only two homicides dating back to 2008, according to Tribune homicide numbers.