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Seeking a compassionate release, Randall "Madman" Miller acknowledges committing three killings cited in his 1997 racketeering case, including Morris and Ruth Gauger in McHenry County. "I was surprised that he took the blame finally," says son Gregg Gauger.
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.
His acclaimed novel was published when he was 30, and he'd been guiding young writers ever since. He collapsed during a softball game and died.
The building, according to the Chicago Urban League, is one of the most significant donations in its history and will help bolster its entrepreneurship and workforce development training.