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NU client acquitted of 2009 conviction Kerry Masterson found not guilty of 2009 murder By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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Steve Forbes, editor in chief and chairman of Forbes Media, speaks to Northwestern students about health care and the current Republican tax bill. College Republicans brought Forbes to NU as one of their fall speakers.
Steve Forbes talks taxing reforms
About 70 people gathered to hear the College Republicans speaker By ALISON ALBELDA
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Steve Forbes, editor in chief and chairman of Forbes Media, spoke about the recent
City cancels a human services meeting due to quorum issues
City officials canceled a Monday Human Services Committee meeting after members failed to reach a quorum. Two of five aldermen appointed to the committee were sick and unable to attend the meeting, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily. Usually, standing committees require a simple majority to reach a quorum, but the city explicitly requires four members for the Human Services Committee, he said. Bobkiewicz said six aldermen had been appointed to the committee by the previous City Council, so the four-member rule was not a problem. But the new City Council decreased membership to five and has yet to update its quorum rules. Committee members therefore canceled Monday’s meeting and alerted the Rules Committee of the discrepancy. Bobkiewicz said the committee is expected to meet again before the end of the year. Monday’s meeting was supposed to cover funding allocations for Evanston’s Mental Health Board as well as an emergency solutions grant
Republican tax bill and issues with the American health care system at a Monday event sponsored by College Republicans. About 70 people gathered in Fisk Hall to attend the
recommendation for Connections for the Homeless and the YWCA Evanston/North Shore. Bobkiewicz said the Mental Health Board funding will be discussed at the Nov. 13 Administration and Public Works Committee meeting in order to give aldermen time to review the proposal before approving their new budget. The other matters will be discussed at the next Human Services Committee meeting on Dec. 4. Committee members were also scheduled to review police complaints and discuss the July arrest of Iain Bady. The 12-yearold boy was arrested after riding on the back pegs of a bicycle in downtown Evanston this summer. His father, Rob Bady, has spoken publicly about the arrest and told The Daily in August he believes police acted inappropriately. On Monday, Rob Bady told The Daily he hopes to get his son’s record expunged and name cleared. He said he was “disappointed” the meeting was canceled, and frustrated he will have to wait another month for a resolution. Bobkiewicz said he and other city officials would also “like this matter to be concluded.” “It’s taken a lot of the Bady family’s time,” he said. “So it’s unfortunate we had two committee members ill this evening.” — Kristina Karisch
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event. College Republicans president David Donnelly said the club chose Forbes because of how he blends disciplines like journalism and economics. “He is pragmatic,
straightfor ward and says what he thinks,” the McCormick senior said. “He (is) just somewhere on a different point of the spectrum … » See FORBES, page 9
Kerry Masterson, a client of Northwestern’s Center on Wrongful Convictions, was acquitted Thursday of a 2009 murder, the University announced in a release. The center — housed in the Bluhm Legal Clinic of the Pritzker School of Law — identifies potential cases of wrongful conviction and advocates for criminal justice reform, according to its website. Masterson was represented by a team from the center and law firm Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg. A jury found Masterson not guilty of the 2009 murder of Michael Norton — a Chicago convenience store owner — in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Thursday, the release said. Masterson was found guilty of the murder in 2011 and sentenced to 58 years in prison. The Center on Wrongful Convictions began representing Masterson in 2014, the release said. The case was one of the first taken by the center’s
Women’s Project, which focuses on potential cases of wrongfully convicted women, according to its website. During her 2011 trial, Masterson proposed to call an eyewitness expert to testify about the reliability of eyewitness identification, but her request was rejected by the judge. A jury subsequently found her guilty of first-degree murder. In May 2016, an Illinois appellate court granted Masterson a retrial, claiming her original trial made an error in excluding expert testimony on eyewitness identification. At the second trial, which began Oct. 27, Masterson testified she was not involved with the crime and and also called a new expert witness. A jury found Masterson not guilty Nov. 2 after less than three hours of deliberation, the release said. School of Law Prof. Andrea Lewis said in the release that the center is “elated” by the jury’s decision. “We hope, as administrative procedures and the law change surrounding eyewitness identifications, that the risk of further mistaken identifications decreases dramatically,” Lewis said. elizabethbyrne2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Swantiques, 518 Main St. Owner and Evanston resident Lora Swanson opened the antiques pop-up store Friday.
New pop-up store features antiques Lora Swanson’s Evanston shop opened Friday on Main Street By VICTORIA LEE
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Lora Swanson, the owner of antique business Swantiques, said her parents took her to flea markets and antique stores as a child. As she learned about the history
and age of various pieces from the vendors, she said her fascination with vintage furniture and home accessories grew. “It was just kind of interesting for me to take things that had another life before and find a new home for them, and have them continue to surprise people,” the Evanston resident said.
Channeling her passion for antiques, Swanson opened a popup store Friday at 518 Main St. She said she picks all the vintage furniture and home accessories that are sold in the store herself, and that her business features new inventory every week. Swanson has been selling antiques for several years and
started her own business in 2005. After her first two stores on Central Street closed down about three years ago, Swanson said she wants to start opening short-term pop-up stores because of their low maintenance costs and art-showlike qualities. » See POP-UP, page 2
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