Madeline Buckley

Attorneys and former detainees are calling for the closure of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, alleging in newly-filed class action lawsuits systematic sexual abuse and "atrocious conditions" in...

The recently-appointed head of a unit that reviews potential wrongful convictions for the Cook County state's attorney's office plans to step down in July, according to a source close to...

Lawyers Tuesday sparred before a panel of appellate court judges over the legal issues that brought the case to a halt in October.

The Cook County chief judge's office has referred allegations made against a Cook County judge to a state board for investigation after a lawyer was handcuffed to a chair at...