Madeline Buckley

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke looks on as prosecutor James Papa speaks with media March 11, 2025, after Judge Diana Kenworthy denied a motion for Micheail Ward's release at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. Ward was accused in the killing of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘An incredibly brazen act’: More than 12 years after the slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, prosecutors are retrying alleged shooter

March 11, 2025 at 5:58 p.m.

More than 12 years after Hadiya Pendleton was killed, a judge again ordered her alleged shooter held while awaiting trial.

Afternoon shadows fall on a residential tower in the 1200 block of South Prairie Avenue, center, on Nov. 7, 2024, in Chicago where Caitlin Tracey was found dead. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Husband of Caitlin Tracey, woman found dead in South Loop stairwell last year, ordered sent to Michigan following warrant

March 10, 2025 at 2:17 p.m.

Adam Beckerink, who has not been charged in Caitlin Tracey's death, appeared Monday in court in Cook County and was ordered sent to Michigan.

Federal lawsuit filed against city, county in CPD Officer Clifton Lewis murder case

February 26, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

Chicago police officers perpetrated a "wide-ranging scheme to manufacture evidence," a federal lawsuit alleges, in order to convict three people in the 2011 slaying of Chicago police Officer Clifton Lewis.

A sheriff's deputy walks outside the Clay County Justice Center, home to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, on Jan. 28, 2025, in Brazil, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

The hidden world of Chicago ICE arrests: One month after Trump’s inauguration, a partial look at those detained

February 24, 2025 at 9:53 a.m.

As ICE refuses to provide basic information about the recent arrests in Chicago, jail logs offer a rare glimpse into the opaque immigration system.

Nicholas Trutenko hugs his son, Joey, after being acquitted on all charges by Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes at the courthouse in Rolling Meadows on Feb. 19, 2025. At right is Andrew Horvat who was also acquitted. Both men are former Cook County prosecutors. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys acquitted of wrongdoing in ‘unprecedented’ trial

February 19, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

Two former Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to a wrongful conviction case.

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke makes an appearance Jan. 30, 2025, at the Union League Club. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize in first major drive in decades

February 11, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

A group of assistant state’s attorneys seeks voluntary recognition of a bargaining unit that would represent hundreds of lawyers.

A neighbor writes a note before placing it with flowers at the front door of a home in the 7600 block of West Talcott Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Chicago. George Levin, 63, was found fatally assaulted in the basement of the home late Sunday, Jan. 26. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘To call this a crime of violence is quite the understatement’: Judge detains two men accused of tying up, killing 63-year-old man

February 1, 2025 at 8:10 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Saturday ordered the two men charged in the murder of George Levin to be detained while awaiting trial, calling the Norwood Park home slaying "horrifying."

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