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"Illinois treasurer proposes reforms for litigation fund," is the report in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  It's written by Kevin McDermott and Nicholas J.C. Pistor.Citing a Post-Dispatch report of endemic waste and lax oversight in the state's death penalty trial fund, the Illinois state treasurer on Monday proposed reforms to abolish what he called a "blank check" for lawyers and others involved in such trials. Legislators in both parties agreed they may have to revisit the question of whether the state's Capital Litigation Trust Fund is too easily abused by trial professionals who tap it.And:State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias' proposal, outlined in a statement to the newspaper, would create a panel to review vouchers submitted to the fund, which pays expenses of defense and prosecution teams in death penalty trials...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).