"If we keep standing for this we going to be some straight bitches, " Mr. Ward said, according to Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Sexton, who spoke at a hearing this week.

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"The Cook County Sherriff's Police, despite the fact that the assistant state's attorney told them that they didn't have to bring him back, they thought it would be better if they did bring him back to get this all cleared up because the guy keeps writing letters demanding trial, " Alvarez told reporters.

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