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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Frank Main

Illinois parole board frees elderly Chicago gang killer who once told board it could ‘shove’ it

Namor Smith. | Illinois Department of Corrections

A convicted killer who told the Illinois Prisoner Review Board a decade ago that “you can take this parole thing and shove it up your a--” was granted parole Thursday.

Namor Smith, 74, who was convicted in a gang-related shooting on the South Side in 1968, was paroled on a 12-3 vote.

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