Breaking legal news for Friday, February 12
State
- Ill. marks Abraham Lincoln's 201st birthday, Chicago Sun-Times
Central Illinois
- No decision on death penalty in Beason killings, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Gurnee trustee sues village over memorial, Daily Herald
- Man gets 40 years for drug-dealing but can marry in jail, Chicago Tribune
- Discover pays $775 million to settle Morgan Stanley claim, Chicago Business
Southern Illinois
- Judge reverses part of Madison Co. lawyer's blackmail sentence, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Belleville library accepts donation of Lincoln papers (from ISBA President John O'Brien), Belleville News-Democrat
- Owner of vacant Belleville store sues city for discrimination, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
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