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Jeff Coen is a deputy metro editor overseeing the Tribune’s criminal justice report and GA desk.  With more than 25 years of experience, he was previously an investigative and enterprise reporter for the paper, and covered both Chicago’s main criminal courthouse and U.S. District Court, including both trials of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

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Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, left, re-enacts the swearing-in of the newest member of Congress, Jesse Jackson Jr. (R), D-IL. on Dec. 14, 1995. In the background are congressmen Jackson's mother, Jackie, his wife Sandri, center, and his father, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Jacksons’ guilt a tale of excess

— It was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair...
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, left, re-enacts the swearing-in of the newest member of Congress, Jesse Jackson Jr. (R), D-IL. on Dec. 14, 1995. In the background are congressmen Jackson's mother, Jackie, his wife Sandri, center, and his father, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Jacksons’ guilt a tale of excess

— It was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair...
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A city in crisis seeks answers

A decade and some 4,500 Chicago homicides separate the shooting deaths of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and 12-year-old Rene Guillen, two tragedies that in many ways bookend the city's up-and-down struggle...
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Jackson mum amid plea deal reports

With his lawyers seeking the least damaging end to a federal corruption investigation against him, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. maintained his silence Friday amid reports he had agreed to...
As his wife Sandi Jackson watches, U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. speaks with a group of about 50 ministers and other religious leaders who gave their support for his re-election. Jackson is currently being treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Jackson Jr. mum amid plea deal reports

With his lawyers seeking the least-damaging end to a federal corruption investigation against him, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. maintained his silence Friday amid reports he had agreed to terms...
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Jackson Jr. mum amid plea deal reports

With his lawyers seeking the least-damaging end to a federal corruption investigation against him, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. maintained his silence Friday amid reports he had agreed to terms...
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Defeated judges find way back to bench

The Illinois Supreme Court in the past year kept seven politically connected judges on the Cook County bench after they were rejected by voters, a common practice the high court...