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One year later, on November 21, 2019, the same board voted 9–4 in granting his release after nearly 59 years in prison. [3] He was released to a Chicago mission that aids parolees with rehabilitation. [24] After a 90-day delay as the Illinois Attorney General sought an evaluation of Weger under the state’s Sexually Violent Persons ...
"I'm innocent," says Chester Weger, who has been out on parole since 2020 Exclusive: 83-Year-Old Paroled for Starved Rock Murders Claims New DNA Results Prove His Innocence Skip to main content
The murder conviction of Chester Weger divided the Chicago suburb of Riverside and even created a divide between the prosecutor who put him behind bars and the prosecutor's son. That son is David ...
Chester Weger: April 4, 1961 February 21, 2020 58 years, 323 days United States: Convicted for the murder of a woman in Starved Rock State Park in 1960. Granted parole November 21, 2019, though he was not released until February 21, 2020. [46] Terry Caspersen September 17, 1964 May 23, 2023 58 years, 248 days United States
Chester Weger: Starved Rock State Park: 1960-03: 3: Murdered three middle-aged women, wives of prominent Chicago businessmen [13] Richard Speck: Chicago: 1966-07-13: 8: Murdered eight student nurses in their Chicago residence [14] Simon Nelson: Rockford: 1978-01-07: 6: Rockford man killed his six children (ages 3 to 12) and the family dog [15 ...
The mother of two was released in 2015 but was re-sentenced to eight years in prison in 2020 after her original sentence was ruled too lenient. She will be eligible for parole in December 2024 ...
The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction. This list does not include: Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
In 2013, when 89-year-old Shirley Rubin heard that her husband’s killer was about to be released from prison, she felt physically sick. The couple had owned a small grocery store in southwest Baltimore until one day in 1972, when a teenager walked into their store and shot them both during a robbery attempt. Shirley’s husband died; she ...