Officials claim no data on gang crackdown

Sunday, October 7, 2001

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After gang cross fire killed four children in the Chicago area last year, Gov. George Ryan dispatched hundreds of parole agents and prison guards to help sweep the streets free of trouble-making ex-convicts.

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