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Students get on a bus outside Chicago's Skinner West Elementary School in 2021.

Former CPS assistant principal whose case was highlighted in IG report appears in court on embezzlement charges

January 16, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

A former Chicago Public Schools assistant principal appeared before a judge Tuesday for the first time since an inspector general's report highlighted allegations she stole more than a quarter-million dollars...

People arrive at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Jan. 23, 2023.

Judge bans Cook County prosecutors’ new Conviction Review Unit boss from courtroom, alleging conflict of interest

January 12, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.

A judge has taken the unusual step of seeking to ban a Cook County prosecutor from his courtroom, alleging a business-related conflict of interest, according to a court order filed...

Marlen Ochoa-Lopez's uncle, Jesus Maldonado, and other relatives stand in front of mural of Marlen painted by Milton Coronado, in the Pilsen neighborhood, on May 22, 2019.

Woman pleads guilty to murder for helping her mother kill pregnant teen, cut baby out of her womb

January 8, 2024 at 3:56 p.m.

A woman accused of helping her mother kill a pregnant teen and cut the baby out of her womb on Monday pleaded guilty to murder in the case that drew...

Jasmine Smith, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, speaks at a Dec. 5, 2023, news conference at the Leighton Criminal Court Building alongside family members of people they say were wrongfully convicted by former Chicago police Sgt. Brian P. Forberg.

Retired CPD detective draws complaints alleging misconduct including witness coercion

January 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

On Memorial Day weekend in 2006, Kimberly Harris was home with her 17-year-old son when she said she heard a barrage of gunfire nearby. The shooting at West 85th and...

Division 9 of Cook County Jail before sunrise on Oct. 3, 2022.

Cook County Jail inmate dead after found unresponsive in cell

December 27, 2023 at 3:18 p.m.

Authorities are investigating after a Cook County Jail inmate died at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday. Michael O'Connor, 33, was housed in the...

Darien Harris, center, joined by his mother Nakesha Harris, left, and attorney Lauren Myerscough-Mueller, is released from Cook County Jail after prosecutors dropped murder charges stemming from a 2011 fatal shooting at a South Side gas station on Dec. 19, 2023.

Man convicted of murder based on testimony of blind witness wins freedom as prosecutors opt against new trial

December 19, 2023 at 7:35 p.m.

Two weeks after a Cook County judge overturned his murder conviction, Darien Harris won back his freedom Tuesday after prosecutors said they will not retry him in a fatal shooting...

Francisco Benitez, center with glasses, hugs family members after walking out of Cook County Jail on Aug. 29, 2023, after a judge vacated his conviction after 34 years in prison.

Man exonerated in 1989 double murder sues city, county

December 19, 2023 at 2:44 p.m.

A man who earlier this year was exonerated in a 1989 double homicide has filed a federal lawsuit against Cook County and the city of Chicago, alleging he was framed...

Edgardo Colon, right, embraces his lawyers on June 21, 2023, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building after charges were dropped against him and Tyrone Clay in the 2011 killing of off-duty Chicago police Officer Clifton Lewis.

‘Stunning misconduct’: Cook County prosecutors, Chicago police, judge sued in botched prosecution of police officer’s murder

December 15, 2023 at 5:20 p.m.

Two men who fought a 12-year battle for exoneration after they were accused of killing a Chicago police officer filed sweeping lawsuits against the city, Cook County prosecutors, police officers...

James Soto, left, is hugged by his girlfriend Diana Guana after his release from Stateville Correctional Center on Dec. 14, 2023.

‘Home for the holidays’: Court vacates convictions for cousins in 1981 double homicide, Illinois’ longest-serving exonerees

December 14, 2023 at 7:45 p.m.

Just 8 years old when her brother was incarcerated following a double slaying in a Southwest Side park, Pilar More, now 50, watched her older sibling grow up behind bars....

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx talks to reporters in the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Sept. 28, 2023.

Cook County state’s attorney’s office replaces head of unit that reviews possible wrongful convictions, rebrands effort

December 6, 2023 at 5:34 p.m.

The Cook County state's attorney's office has replaced the prosecutor heading its unit that reviews potential wrongful convictions and rebranded the effort, the office announced Wednesday. Assistant State's Attorney Nancy...

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