Man pleads guilty to firing at Chicago police in 2019 South Side shootout
A man who was seriously injured in a 2019 shootout with Chicago police pleaded guilty Tuesday to firing at an officer and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Flamingo...
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‘I won’t be participating in this’: Lawyer’s effort to defend his brother in trial for murder on CTA platform ends in defeat, exit from case
The verdict had been reached. The prosecutors were at their table. The defendant was waiting in the lockup. His lawyer, who is also his brother, was nowhere to be found....
Man represented at murder trial by his brother is convicted in fatal beating on CTA platform
A Cook County jury has again convicted Anthony Jackson of first-degree murder in the gruesome 2013 beating of a stranger on a Green Line platform. Jurors deliberated for about an...
As brother defends brother in murder trial, both sides emphasize video of 2013 fatal beating on CTA platform
At the start of trial in a gruesome fatal beating Tuesday, both prosecutors and the defense had a message for jurors: The video is key. And there is much of...
Murder case featuring brother representing brother moves into retrial stage
After five years and many unusual delays, jury selection began Monday in the second trial of Anthony Jackson, whose attorney brother George Jackson III is representing him on murder charges....
Former federal prosecutor defends his own brother in murder case, but behavior works against him
This much is more or less undisputed: In March 2013, Sanchez Mixon was beaten on a Green Line platform in broad daylight. It was a grisly attack, Cook County prosecutors...
‘Serial stowaway’ with history of attempting to sneak onto flights could wind up in mental health court
The woman known as the "serial stowaway" for her penchant for attempting to sneak onto flights could be transferred this summer to a specialized "problem-solving court" for defendants with mental...
Second special prosecutor in two years adds to turbulence for State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office
For the second time in two years, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's office will soon find itself under the scrutiny of a special prosecutor empowered to investigate accusations of...
Judge will appoint special prosecutor to probe conduct of Cook County state’s attorney’s office in Burge-related case that imploded at trial last year
A special prosecutor will be appointed to investigate potential wrongdoing by the Cook County state's attorney's office related to the case of Jackie Wilson, whose trial fell apart last year...
Woman pleads guilty in 2017 shooting of a Chicago police officer
A woman accused of shooting a Chicago police officer in the vest during an exchange of gunfire that also left her critically injured pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated battery, Cook...