This describes one Timothy Herring, Jr., 19, of Chicago, as a “recent parolee.” Herring is accused of assassinating CPD Officer Michael Flisk and former Chicago Housing Authority officer Stephen Peters. The deed happened last week, as Flisk was in an alley on Chicago’s South Side gathering evidence that would have showed that Herring committed an armed robbery just days before — Evidently, Herring returned to the scene of his first crime looking to destroy evidence to avoid the inconvenience of having to return to prison, and when he got there, he overheard Officer Flisk telling Peters that he’s got a clean set of fingerprints, presumably Herring’s. So Herring, not wanting to return to prison, murders them both, giving the state yet another reason to send him back to prison, and in theory, execute him. (I say “in theory” because this is Illinois. A bill is moving quickly through the State Legislature which would do away with the death penalty altogether — As it is, death sentences are currently under moratorium that George Ryan enacted and both Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn continued).
What I want to know is if Mr. Herring is one of Pat Quinn’s infamous parolees.
If he was, I can imagine that there are a lot of people in Illinois who want a mulligan in the election for Governor.
