Lake Co. prosecuted man despite doubting his guilt
Just before a Lake County judge asked William Woodard if he wanted to plead guilty, the prosecutor made an unusual admission in court about the strength of the evidence tying...
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Gay music director files complaint over firing by Catholics
A music director fired from his job at a northwest suburban Catholic church after he got engaged to his male partner filed a federal discrimination complaint Thursday. Colin Collette worked...
3 cases linked to doctor’s indecency charge resolved
While a public indecency charge against a renowned Lincolnshire neurologist remains pending in court, charges against other men allegedly involved in heated confrontations outside the doctor's home have been resolved....
Convicted killer’s trial in Lake County presents challenges
With the recent return of Jorge Torrez to stand trial on charges he killed two young girls, Lake County law enforcement authorities face logistical challenges and potentially uncomfortable legal proceedings...
Convicted killer Torrez pleads not guilty in Zion slayings
Initiating a new phase in the troubled and long-running effort to close one of Lake County's most notorious murder cases, a man with a chilling record of violence against women...
Prosecutors free inmate in pivotal Illinois death penalty case
Rewriting a key chapter in Illinois' death penalty history, Cook County prosecutors Thursday threw out the murder and manslaughter conviction of Alstory Simon, whose videotaped confession unraveled one of the...
Prosecutors from across U.S. discuss correcting their own mistakes
A day after judges vacated wrongful murder convictions in Brooklyn and Dallas, top local prosecutors from across the country took part Wednesday in a Chicago conference on what role prosecutors...
Inquiry broadens into suspect in Indiana serial killings
Widening the search for victims of a suspected serial killer, police in Indiana on Tuesday used a cadaver-sniffing dog to hunt for bodies in Gary's blighted neighborhoods, while Cook County...
Indiana slayings: Dogs search vacant homes as feds widen search
As the investigation continues into the murders of seven women in Indiana, police officers in Gary used trained dogs Tuesday morning to search for more bodies while federal authorities said...
‘My heart breaks,’ says mom of one of 7 Indiana slaying victims
When Lori Townsend learned from detectives that her daughter had worked as an escort, she felt sad knowing this description of her daughter would become public after the arrest of...