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Chicago Tribune - August 15, 2006
Michael L. Jackson, 38, is charged with three counts of murder and one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking in the February 2005 killing of Haroon Paryani, a 61-year-old father of four. Jackson is accused of running down Paryani with Paryani's cab after quarreling with him over a fare.
On Monday, nine women and three men were picked as jurors for the trial, which is expected to last a week and a half before Cook County Criminal Court Judge James Schreier. Along with the jurors, three alternates were selected to hear the case, Assistant State's Atty. Lawrence X. O'Reilly said.
Prosecutors will try to show that after the quarrel between the two men became physical, Jackson got into Paryani's taxi and ran him over several times after Paryani fell in the street. Defense lawyers have said that the cabdriver was the aggressor and that Jackson was defending himself. If convicted, Jackson could face life in prison without parole, prosecutors have said.
Jackson was a policy and communication specialist at the Public Health Department's sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS division. In 1992, he established the Hearts Foundation, a non-profit group that says it supports Chicago's gay and lesbian community. He was fired after his arrest.
Jackson, who is HIV-positive, was charged in DuPage County with reckless assault after allegedly spitting on a nurse. He also was charged with reckless conduct, accused of having sexual contact with inmates in DuPage County Jail without disclosing that he is HIV-positive.
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