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Fed up with the control the Chicago machine has exercised over Illinois state politics in general and firearms laws specifically, Pike County has voted to legalize concealed carry effective immediately. The measure was approved on March 20 by a 3,214 to 550 margin in what outdoorwire.com calls one of the largest voter turnouts in county history. “Historians have stated that this is the first time since 1862 that county voters in any U.S. state have explicitly reversed a state law. The previous example was when the five western counties of Virginal nullified that state’s secession from the Union, and themselves...

By R. G. DUNLOP and JASON RILEY The Courier-Journal Sunday, October 12, 2003 Today's Stories • Flaws in Kentucky's court system can lead to injustice, tragedy • Getting away with murder in Pike • In Franklin County, even 'slam dunk' cases were dismissed • Charges mean little without prosecution • Even confessions don't guarantee convictions FRANKFORT, Ky. — Justice in Kentucky is dispensed unequally because of differences among judges and prosecutors and a lack of state oversight that has allowed thousands of felony cases to stall, to disappear or to be dismissed for lack of prosecution. As a result, defendants...