– An article Wednesday in Section 2, Page 1, incorrectly stated the projected cost of the proposed Main Mall in Orland Park. The amount in the article reflected the projected cost of road improvements near the proposed site.
– A story Saturday in Section 1 about attempts to use statutes originally designed to target organized crime against health care providers and insurers, reported on an earlier lawsuit brought by the National Organization for Women against the Pro-Life Action League, a Chicago area anti-abortion group, and one of its leaders, Joseph M. Scheidler.
The story reported that NOW sought to use the organized crime statutes to demonstrate that Scheidler and his organization engaged in racketeering when certain violent acts, such as the burning of abortion clinics, were carried out.
Although NOW did seek to demonstrate such behavior during a 1998 trial, a federal judge ordered that the jury was not to be presented evidence of, nor give consideration to, acts of arson, bombings, or murder when making its decision.
Although NOW won the original case, there was no finding that Scheidler, or his group, engaged in arson, bombings, or murder.
The suit is being considered by a federal appeals court in Chicago.
The Tribune regrets the errors.
