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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Rhonda Crawford stands alongside her attorney Victor Henderson in Chicago, as she addresses allegations that she impersonated a judge. A coroner's office said Friday, April 27, 2018, that Crawford, a former law clerk slated for trial to begin Monday, April 30 for impersonating a judge in 2016, was found dead at her Calumet City, Ill., home. A Friday daily ledger of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office says Crawford was pronounced dead Thursday, April 26. (Max Herman/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Death of ex-clerk who donned judge’s robes suspected suicide

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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Rhonda Crawford stands alongside her attorney Victor Henderson in Chicago, as she addresses allegations that she impersonated a judge. A coroner's office said Friday, April 27, 2018, that Crawford, a former law clerk slated for trial to begin Monday, April 30 for impersonating a judge in 2016, was found dead at her Calumet City, Ill., home. A Friday daily ledger of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office says Crawford was pronounced dead Thursday, April 26. (Max Herman/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Rhonda Crawford death investigated as suicide

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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Rhonda Crawford stands alongside her attorney Victor Henderson in Chicago, as she addresses allegations that she impersonated a judge. A coroner's office said Friday, April 27, 2018, that Crawford, a former law clerk slated for trial to begin Monday, April 30 for impersonating a judge in 2016, was found dead at her Calumet City, Ill., home. A Friday daily ledger of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office says Crawford was pronounced dead Thursday, April 26. (Max Herman/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Ex-clerk who donned judge’s robe found dead before trial

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, attorney Rhonda Crawford stands alongside her attorney Victor Henderson in Chicago, as she addresses allegations that she impersonated a judge. Crawford, a former law clerk who was fired for impersonating a judge, now is running to become one, and critics say her expected victory is a product of Illinois' system for filling judicial vacancies. (Max Herman/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

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Illinois judge candidate won’t take bench until case cleared

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In this Sept. 22, 2016 photo, attorney Rhonda Crawford stands alongside her attorney Victor Henderson, as she addresses allegations that she impersonated a judge. Crowford, a judicial candidate, now faces charges for donning a robe and hearing real cases on the bench. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office said Friday Oct. 21, 2016 in a statement that Crawford has been indicted on charges of felony official misconduct and misdemeanor false impersonation. (Max Herman/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Cook County, Illinois, lawyer who posed as judge charged

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press