Elaine Nekritz
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State Rep. Elaine Nekritz poses for a portrait Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. Nekritz recently proposed a bill in the Illinois legislature to raise awareness of cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a virus that can cause brain damage and other birth defects when women inadvertently transmit the virus in utero. The bill failed to make it out of committee in part because of opposition from doctors who said it was attempting to legislate the practice of medicine. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, speaks on House floor at the Capitol in Springfield Ill. In a report to be released Tuesday, April 22, 2014, a non-partisan juvenile justice organization says a recent study is the latest evidence that Illinois' system of letting prosecutors decide when a young person should be tried as an adult is seriously flawed and potentially discriminatory. Nekritz is among those who believe judges should play a role in deciding when a young person is tried as an adult, and she's introduced legislation to change Illinois law. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
