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Cheryl Calusinski, mother of Melissa Calusinski, says she's "hopeful" about today's status hearing for her daughter at the Lake County courthouse on April 26, 2016, in Waukegan.
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Cheryl Calusinski, mother of Melissa Calusinski, says she’s “hopeful” about today’s status hearing for her daughter at the Lake County courthouse on April 26, 2016, in Waukegan.
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Melissa Calusinski, a Carpentersville woman who worked at a now-closed day care center in Lincolnshire, is fighting with her parents to overturn her murder conviction.