(Murphysboro, IL) — Defense attorneys for a southern Illinois man looking at his second trial for the murder of an SIU student want Illinois lawmakers to stop meddling. Lawyers for Gaege Bethune wrote a letter on Monday to Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, state Rep. Terri Bryant, state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, and state Rep. Lou Lang asking them to stop meddling in the case. Bethune is facing a retrial for the February 2014 death of Pravin Varughese. The lawmakers say they wrote a letter to the Illinois Attorney General asking about the status of the case, but have said they didn’t meddle.
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