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A Chicago lawyer hired by Tomczak filed a motion asking for a $50,000 penalty against Mock for filing a frivolous motion. Moments before, Mock had asked to withdraw his motion, pointing out Tomczak paid the $229 fee to register as a lawyer on Friday, five days after the grace period expired and the fee was due. But that was not good enough for lawyer, John Partelow, who argued original motion, filed Friday, was a waste of the time and that Mock should be penalized with economic sanctions, including paying legal bills. was a cheap political Partelow said after the court proceedings. Tomczak would not comment, referring questions to Partelow.

But Mock called new motion he clearly had grounds for the emergency motion he filed Friday when registration had lapsed. Mock has run his campaign on the theme that the office needs to be reorganized to be more effective, and he said the fact that Tomczak did not renew his registration with the state Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on time helps prove his case. he let this lapse, what else has he lapsed asked Mock. is why the police agencies are endorsing me. They deal with this incompetence every Last Thursday, campaign manager, Joliet attorney Neil Adams, noticed on the commission Web site that Tomczak was not authorized to practice law.

James Grogan, chief counsel for the commission, confirmed registration was lapsed from Feb. 1until Feb. 6, when Tomczak wired funds to pay the fee. Under state law, an attorney must have a license, a process that includes passing the bar exam, and register each year with the commission. Mock said assistant attorneys derive their authority from the attorney.

He said all matters heard last week involving the office may be in jeopardy as a position Partelow disputes. Tomczak counter-sues adversary Mock drops action to oust opponent By Maurice Possley and Steve Mills Tribune staff reporters The attorney for five men imprisoned for a double murder they insist they did not commit asked a Cook County Circuit judge Tuesday for a hearing to present evidence that shows they are innocent. The petition, filed by attorney Kathleen Zellner, contends that Chicago detectives coerced the men to falsely confess to the Nov. 16, 1992, murders of Jeffrey Lassiter and Sharon Haugabook in an apartment at 910 W. Agatite even though records show one of the men was in a police lockup at the time.

The Cook County attorney began investigating the convictions of Daniel Taylor and four other men after a Tribune article raised questions about whether they were wrongly convicted, even though police said all of them had confessed to taking part in the crime. Convicted along with Taylor were Paul Phillips, Deon Patrick, Lewis Gardner and Dennis Mixon. Taylor, Mixon and Patrick were sentenced to life in prison, and Phillips and Gardner are serving 30-year terms. All five, and three others, confessed and implicated each other. But arrest and bond records show Taylor had been under arrest in a police lockup and was not released until after the murders were committed.

Charges against two of the three others were dropped or thrown out and the third was acquitted. The petition cites police reports that show Taylor was locked up for disorderly conduct at 6:45 p.m. on the night of the murders. A bond slip showed he was not released from the Town Hall District lockup until 10 p.m. The murders, according to police, occurred at 8:43 p.m.

Jerry Lawrence, spokesman for Cook County Atty. Richard Devine, declined to comment because prosecutors had not seen the petition. But in a letter to the Tribune last year, Devine noted that Taylor a highly detailed 25- page, court-reported confession in which he accurately described the building and the apartment where the murder took place, the method of the murder, where the two victims were shot and how one of the victims was placed on a sofa after she was Devine said that the confession corroborated the evidence from the murder scene and that Taylor divulged the details within three hours of his arrest for the killings. However, Devine said his office would continue to work with Zellner. A Tribune investigation in December 2001and a follow-up in January 2003 uncovered new in the suggested the men were wrongly convicted.

5 inmates ask for hearing on double murder in 1992 METRO By John Cook Tribune staff reporter Carol Marin, the former WMAQ-Ch. 5 anchor who became a journalistic cause in 1997 by resigning in disgust when the station hired Jerry Springer, is back with Channel 5, the station announced Tuesday. Marin will join the station as a assignment for the late newscast. Her first appearance is scheduled for Wednesday night. are delighted that Carol is returning to said Channel 5 President and General Manager Larry Wert in a prepared statement.

really nice to be said Marin, who has built herself something of a small multimedia empire, including a documentary production company and a weekly column in the Chicago Tribune. She will continue with both projects while working for Channel 5. In the past, Marin has written about the news media in the column, but Tribune editorial page editor Bruce Dold said her new job would impose limits on what she can cover. certainly be writing about her he said. If she wanted to write about competing stations or networks, he said, have to take that on a case-by-case Wert declined to say whether Marin will be a full-time or part- time employee but said he hoped she would appear weekly.

Marin left Channel 5 in 1997 to protest then-GM Lyle decision to bring on trash-talk host Springer as a commentator for the 10 p.m. newscast. Shortly after her exit, co-anchor Ron Magers also resigned. departure began a public relations and ratings disaster for Channel 5, which is owned by NBC. Springer lasted less than a week in the job, but viewership plunged.

One former NBC executive who was with the company at the time said the episode cost NBC more than $10 million in lost advertis- ing revenue (other published reports are higher). Banks left within months, as did vice president for news Joel Cheatwood. Marin subsequently moved to WBBM-Ch. 2, where she attempted to create a thoughtful, hard news-oriented newscast. The venture failed to attract viewers.

She also served as a correspondent for Minutes The network declined to renew her contract in 2002. Before quitting Channel 5, Marin, Magers, and several other staffers sent a letter to NBC chief executive Robert Wright, asking him to intervene on their behalf. Wright never answered the letter, and Magers subse- quently told the Sun-Times that Wright should share the blame for the fiasco. my view, Bob Wright knew about this and let it Magers said in 1998, after Banks left the station. would never, ever consider working for him (Magers declined to comment for this article.) Marin, who received an avalanche of publicity for her resignation, said Tuesday she never expected Wright to respond to the letter, and sees no problem returning to the company that he continues to run.

issue with Bob she said. issue was here in Marin is returning to Channel 5 news Tribune file photo by Candice C. Cusic Carol Marin returns to Channel 5 news on Wednesday night. By John Cook Tribune staff reporter WLS-Ch. 7 came in last among the 10 p.m.

local newscasts on Monday night, the first time in five years that the long-dominant station failed to grab first or second place in viewership. According to Nielsen Media Research data, Channel 7 ranked third behind WMAQ- Ch. 5 and WBBM-Ch. 2 with a 7.6 rating and 12 percent share of the household viewing audience. Channel 5 won the night with 9.4 ratings points and a 15 share, and Channel 2 had 8.3 ratings points and a 13 share.

Channel 7 has been the ratings leader in Chicago for more than a decade, but lately it has faced stiff competition from Channel 5 and loses to that station at 10 p.m. regularly. The last time it lost to Channel 2 was Feb. 20, 1999, a Saturday night. A review of Nielsen data back to1995 turned up no instances of a weeknight loss.

Channel lead-in, an ABC network broadcast of Mummy performed poorly. It have come at a worse time: Monday was the fifth day of the February period, when advertisers set their rates. Channel 7 spokeswoman Kerri Weitzberg Herman dismissed the loss. is the entire she said. is one Ch.

7 news has rare 3rd place Daniel Barenboim has canceled his Chicago Symphony Orchestra appearances and a lecture this week because of illness. Sir Andrew Davis, music director of Lyric Opera, will take his place as conductor for CSO subscription concerts at 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Friday at Symphony Cen- ter.Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Garu- will beperformed, with the remainder of the program to be announced. Barenboim also has canceled his free lecture with Don Michael Randel scheduled for 7 p.m.

Friday at International House, University of Chicago. John von Rhein Illness forces Barenboim to cancel.