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Apr 4, 2006 11:28 am US/Central

No Death Penalty Sought In Musicians' Crash Case

Woman Allegedly Tried To Commit Suicide, Crashed Into Car, 3 Killed

SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) ― Prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty against a 23-year-old woman accused of causing a high-speed crash that killed three Chicago musicians.

Jeannette Sliwinski of Morton Grove has pleaded not-guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated battery charges in the July 14th crash in Skokie.

Sliwinski is accused of racing through three stoplights in her Mustang convertible before crashing into a Honda Civic.

Michael Dahlquist, John Glick and Douglas Meis died in the crash.

Police say she told them she was trying to commit suicide by slamming into another car.

Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Rick Cenar on Monday said the state decided not to seek the death penalty after reviewing the facts in the case, including Sliwinski's mental state at the time of the crash.

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