Lawyers cited "a rapid spike" in COVID-19 cases in Lawrenceville Correctional Center – where the man accused of killing a McHenry restaurant owner in 2001 awaits news of the appeal that could set him free – in asking that the man be released. Lawyers for Kenneth Smith, 44, filed their motion Dec. 16 seeking his "immediate release on bond" from prison pending the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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