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It's unclear whether Catholic figures appealing for leniency in letters to the judge affected the two-year sentence given to Burke. But priests, nuns and lay church leaders went to bat heavy for him — after years of the ex-alderman funneling campaign cash to Catholic causes.
The nonprofit said it was unable to reach lease terms with its prospective landlord, Illinois video gambling mogul Rick Heidner.
CEO Tim Wentworth said it could close a “significant portion” of the roughly 2,100 underperforming stores if they don't improve.
Prosecutors asked for a sentence of 15 years and said “anything less would fail to promote respect for the rule of law.”