The following was written by Janet Lagerloef, a writer from Sugar Grove who is finishing up a book about her 10-year friendship with Marilyn Lemak, who is serving a sentence of life without parole for killing her three children in their Naperville home in March,1999. In last week’s issue, I covered the details of that crime and Lemak’s bid for executive clemency based on a … [Read more...] about Janet Lagerloef Responds to Eric Zorn
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People Respond to Eric Zorn and Marilyn Lemak
Does Marilyn Lemak deserve mercy? Readers weigh in These messages are in reference to items in last week’s issues of the Picayune Sentinel. On my interview with Marilyn Lemak Julie S. Marilyn Lemak may have been a model citizen before and after her appalling crime. But the idea of "clemency" for her makes me queasy. I can't quite dismiss my shock and revulsion at the idea … [Read more...] about People Respond to Eric Zorn and Marilyn Lemak
Eric Zorn and Marilyn Lemak
Rxisk has featured four posts on Marilyn Lemak, Trial and Punishment, Then and Now, Clemency Hearing and When the Music Stops. Eric Zorn is a former opinion columnist for the Chicago Tribune. His bio and contact information is here. He now writes the Picayune Sentinel, where Marilyn Lemak speaks out about her bid for clemency first appeared. Marilyn Lemak: ‘I do think … [Read more...] about Eric Zorn and Marilyn Lemak
Our Love Life Needs You to be Wiked
Our Love Life Needs You © Nina Otulakowski August 2022 RxISK regularly gets enquiries about what can be done to find an answer to the sexual dysfunctions following SSRIs, Finasteride and Isotretinoin - PSSD, PFS and PRSD. RxISK and Sharks outlined the likely Endgame. This outcome would be terrible - especially as its highly likely there is someone out there who has the … [Read more...] about Our Love Life Needs You to be Wiked
Marilyn Lemak: When the Music Stops
Judith and the Head of .. © Nina Otulakowski July 2022 “I’m glad I didn’t know the way it all would end. The way it all would go. Our lives are better left to chance. I could have missed the pain but I’d have had to miss the dance.” - Garth Brooks This post by Kim Witczak is the fourth about Marilyn Lemak - following Trial and Punishment, Then and Now and Clemency … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak: When the Music Stops
Marilyn Lemak Clemency Hearing
This post follows Janet Lagerloef's Marilyn Lemak's Trial and Punishment and Johanna Ryan's Marilyn Lemak Then and Now. Jo was the first person I ever heard talk about this case. Janet has done more than anyone to get Marilyn's case to a Clemency Hearing. She prevailed on several lawyers to pick up the case and got places when she persuaded Andy Vickery to take up the case, … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak Clemency Hearing
Marilyn Lemak Then and Now
Haven, House, Horror © Nina Otulakowski July 2022 This post is by Johanna Ryan for whom, like many in Chicago in 1999, the Lemak case was like knowing where you were when Challenger blew up. It is part two of a four part series on Marilyn Lemak and follows Janet Lagerloef's opening post last week. Marilyn Lemak has been in prison for twenty years – and now she has filed a … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak Then and Now
Marilyn Lemak’s Trial and Punishment
In 1999 Marilyn Lemak killed her three children and tried to kill herself. She has spent over 22 years in jail since. People in Chicago and beyond can still remember when the news broke. Janet Lagerloef did more. She said there but for the grace of God go I and made it her mission to find out more, and then to get the case reopened. Two weeks ago Marilyn had a Clemency … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak’s Trial and Punishment
RxISK Research Fund and Prize
We need to clarify some things about the RxISK Prize and Research Fund. The Prize was established RxISK Prize in 2017 - see The Golden Rule, RxISK No-Nos, Relationships, Stigma and Recovery, Campaign and Challenge. Some of us in RxISK have had a difficult few months attempting to set up a Research Fund for PSSD and other Sexual Dysfunctions. Banking rules have got more … [Read more...] about RxISK Research Fund and Prize
The Holy Grail: Searching for a Cure for PSSD
The Holy Grail © Nina Otulakowski June 2022 You need to click on the image to get the full effects. Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) is a debilitating consequence of taking serotonin reuptake inhibiting drugs (SSRIs, SNRIs, some antihistamines, some antibiotics, some analgesics and other medicines) that can leave people of all ages, and from all countries on earth, but … [Read more...] about The Holy Grail: Searching for a Cure for PSSD