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Attorney Debra Niesen, left, gives reasons for a retrial for her client, Paris McGee, center, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Feb. 4, 2015, in Chicago. Paris McGee and Toyious Taylor (not pictured) were found guilty in the 2010 murder of Officer Thomas Wortham IV.

Jury to consider whether man was fit for trial in the murder of a Chicago police officer, more than 6 years after he was convicted

February 14, 2022 at 5:49 p.m.

For years, Marcus Floyd has maintained he remembers nothing about the murder for which he was convicted. Floyd was severely injured in the 2010 shootout that killed Thomas Wortham IV,...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx at her office on Dec. 7, 2020.

In wake of Jason Van Dyke case, Kim Foxx pledge to seek more special prosecutors has not come to pass

February 13, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx was elected in 2016 as a reform candidate, knocking out incumbent Anita Alvarez after harshly criticizing the way she handled charges in 17-year-old Laquan...

Charged with possessing automatic weapons found after deadly 2021 shootout, man is ordered held without bond

February 11, 2022 at 7:49 p.m.

A man charged with possessing guns in connection with a fatal daylight shootout in the Austin neighborhood last year was ordered held without bond Friday. DNA evidence linked Thomas Dean,...

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens to the judge describe how he'll be sentenced with attorney Daniel Herbert at Van Dyke's sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Jan. 18, 2019, in Chicago.

Protesters raise voices in the Loop after ex-cop Jason Van Dyke, convicted in shooting of Laquan McDonald, leaves prison

February 3, 2022 at 8:24 p.m.

Just after midnight Thursday, as the wind blew whirls of snow around a remote downstate prison, one of Illinois' highest-profile prisoners walked out of custody under the cover of darkness....

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens in during his hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Ex policía de Chicago sale libre, estaba tras las rejas por el asesinato de Laquan McDonald

February 3, 2022 at 10:43 a.m.

El ex oficial de la Policía de Chicago, Jason Van Dyke, fue liberado de una prisión estatal el jueves, después de cumplir un poco más de tres años tras las...

Jason Van Dyke is escorted into the courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Dec. 14, 2018.

Ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke has been released from custody after serving 3 1/4 years for the murder of Laquan McDonald

February 3, 2022 at 3:05 p.m.

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was released from state prison just after midnight Thursday after serving a little more than three years behind bars for the 2014 murder...

High-level Cook County prosecutor steps down

February 2, 2022 at 11:04 a.m.

A high-level Cook County prosecutor stepped down unexpectedly Tuesday, the Tribune has confirmed. Natosha Toller, chief of the sprawling criminal prosecutions bureau and a 16-year veteran of the office, submitted...

20 more convictions linked to disgraced ex-CPD sergeant are tossed

February 1, 2022 at 5:29 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors agreed to the dismissal of 20 convictions connected to notorious ex-Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his crew, and indicated they would oppose efforts to throw out...

El policía de Chicago Jason Van Dyke, izquierda, asiste a su sentencia por la muerte a tiros de Laquan McDonald en 2014, el 18 de enero del 2019.

Legado del caso Laquan McDonald es incierto conforme se acerca la liberación del oficial que lo mató

February 1, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

Tras más de 1,200 días en prisión preventiva por el asesinato de Laquan McDonald, el ex policía de Chicago Jason Van Dyke está a punto de volver a casa. La...

The Jason Van Dyke case: where are some of the key players now?

January 28, 2022 at 4:11 p.m.

Fallout from the Jason Van Dyke case stretched far beyond the courtroom. Perhaps most prominently, then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced right before Van Dyke's trial that he would not seek a...

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