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Lawyer in porn shakedown scheme sentenced to 5 years; Courts across country were scammed, including St. Clair
A former Chicago lawyer, one of the principals at Prenda Law and one of the masterminds behind a scheme to secure millions of dollars in settlements as part of a shakedown targeted at those downloading online porn, has been sentenced to five years in prison. -
Study: Illinois economy would suffer under atrazine ban
Don Coursey That corn growers' favorite herbicide is a frequent target of "activists" prompted an atrazine industry spokesman to warn that replacing actual science with political science would be disastrous for state agriculture.