State’s high court strikes double jeopardy defense for alleged child sexual abuser

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The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a Wonder Lake man accused of repeatedly touching a 9-year-old girl’s vagina when he babysat her could not avoid a retrial after a jury deadlocked — even though he had claimed it was double jeopardy and an appellate court agreed.

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