Illinois killer falls 1 vote short of parole after nearly 60 years in prison
by Mike Riopell and Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune
Nov 30, 2018
4 minutes
CHICAGO - A 79-year-old man serving a life sentence for the 1960 killing of three Illinois women at Starved Rock State Park fell one vote short of winning his release Thursday.
For the second year in a row, the Illinois Prisoner Review Board ended up tied 7-7 on whether to parole Chester Weger, who has been locked up for nearly 60 years following his murder conviction for what at the time was considered Illinois' crime of the century.
The latest vote was not without controversy. One board member who was absent Thursday had voted in Weger's favor last year. The veteran board member, retired Chicago cop
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