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Chief Judge Clint Hull, of Kane County, speaks on a panel about bond reform at Loyola University Chicago on Sept. 7, 2023.

With historic bail reform measures set to take effect, Cook County officials detail court changes

September 8, 2023 at 3:27 p.m.

Ahead of the implementation of large-scale pretrial criminal justice reforms, state and county officials on Thursday offered a first look at specifics of how the complex Cook County bond court...

Then-Chicago police Detective Kriston Kato testifies Aug. 11, 2017, at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in a hearing related to police Officer Jason Van Dyke's shooting of Laquan McDonald.

Man found not guilty of murder in 30-year-old case tied to ex-CPD detective accused of torture

August 31, 2023 at 8:34 p.m.

A man accused of murder in a nearly 30-year-old case tied to an ex-Chicago police detective who has been accused of torture was found not guilty Thursday evening after a...

Francisco Benitez, center, walks out of Cook County Jail on Aug. 29, 2023 after a judge vacated his conviction after 34 years in prison.

Judge overturns murder conviction in shooting deaths of two 14-year-old boys in 1989

August 29, 2023 at 8:09 p.m.

A judge on Tuesday overturned decades-old murder conviction in the shooting deaths of two 14-year-old boys in 1989, eliciting cheers from a packed courtroom. Francisco Benitez, 52, maintained his innocence...

Man sentenced to 11 years for sexually assaulting 7-year-old in attack streamed to classroom during remote learning

August 16, 2023 at 6:10 p.m.

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl while the attack was livestreamed to a classroom of first and second...

A photo allegedly sent by Chicago police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk shows him inside the office of Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley after breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Chicago police officer and sister found guilty of breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6

August 11, 2023 at 5:03 p.m.

A Chicago police officer and his sister were found guilty on Friday of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 after a federal jury trial. Karol Chwiesiuk was charged in...

Elbert Thompson, who portrays angel Michael Jr. Christ, says a prayer on Aug. 7, 2023, at the memorial for the 9-year-old girl who was shot in the head while riding her scooter.

Man accused of shooting and killing Portage Park girl held without bail

August 8, 2023 at 6:10 p.m.

Just before she was shot and killed by a man who was a stranger to her, 9-year-old Serabi Medina walked to a nearby ice cream truck to buy something with...

Police body camera footage shows an officer arguing and grabbing woman on North Avenue Beach.

Prosecutors drop case against former Chicago police officer accused of battering woman at North Avenue Beach in viral video

August 8, 2023 at 5:04 p.m.

Two years after videos showing a Chicago police officer grabbing and restraining a woman walking her dog at North Avenue Beach went viral, prosecutors dropped charges against the former officer...

Clifton Lewis, an off-duty police officer, was shot and killed Dec. 29, 2011, during a robbery at a convenience store in the Austin neighborhood where he worked as a security guard.

Attorneys for final defendant charged in murder of CPD Officer Clifton Lewis argue judge is biased, but fail in bid to replace him

August 3, 2023 at 4:41 p.m.

More than a month after prosecutors dropped charges against two men who were accused of murder in the 2011 shooting death of an off-duty Chicago police officer, attorneys for the...

Authorities open criminal investigation into former judge accused of stealing from elderly man and buying cryptocurrency

July 31, 2023 at 2:33 p.m.

Authorities have opened a criminal investigation into fraud allegations made against a former Cook County judge who has been accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly...

Fellow exoneree Jacques Rivera hugs Marilyn Mulero during a news conference about the lawsuit she filed against Reynaldo Guevara along with other CPD officials on July 25, 2023. Mulero spent 28 years in prison for a murder conviction prosecutors vacated last year because they no longer had faith in disgraced former CPD detective Reynaldo Guevara's investigations.

Marilyn Mulero, the first woman in Illinois exonerated after being sent to death row, calls on the city to stop defending alleged bad cops

July 25, 2023 at 6:27 p.m.

A day after filing a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago and former detectives, Marilyn Mulero, the first and only woman in Illinois exonerated after being sent to death...

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