BLOOMINGTON (AP) — The sentencing hearing has been delayed for a Bloomington woman convicted of strangling her mother-in-law in 2011.
A jury in December found Misook Wang guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 70-year-old Wenlan Linda Tyda of Crest Hill in September 2011.
WJBC Radio (http://bit.ly/VvyZFA ) reports that Judge Robert Freitag has delayed the sentencing to March 1 after receiving a letter from Wang, who also goes by Misook Nowlin. In the letter, Wang alleges her attorney provided ineffective counsel during her trial.
Freitag has scheduled a hearing Friday to discuss that issue.
During her trial, Wang admitted paying someone to lure her mother-in-law to central Illinois with a job offer. But Wang said she choked her with a purse strap and sweater in self-defense during a struggle.
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Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a longtime proponent of firearms restrictions.
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New Ill. House gun bill excludes parks, transit
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Ill. Senate panel endorses ammunition limit
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Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor
