Triple-slaying suspect says he's too poor

Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 2:15 p.m. CDT; updated 3:20 p.m. CDT, Thursday, September 3, 2009

WATERLOO, Ill.— A southwestern Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and their two sons says he's too poor to pay for his own attorneys and wants help from a state fund for use in death-penalty cases.

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