Justice in 1992 cop killing A final, three-hour rant, then judge gives him life.(News)

Byline: Christy Gutowski Daily Herald Legal Affairs Writer In a rambling three-hour oratory, Ronald Alvine ranted Thursday about how the criminal justice system failed him. But the convicted murderer never expressed one word of regret for "that dead cop" he killed 14 years ago in a botched West Chicago car burglary.

"He has no remorse for what he did," said DuPage Circuit Judge Robert Anderson. "He blames everyone else. It reached a point where I was expecting him to say the dog ate his homework." The judge re-sentenced Alvine, 43, to serve the ...

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