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Public defenders and their allies begin to march around the Cook County Jail in Chicago on June 8, 2020, to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Public defenders march around Cook County Jail in solidarity with colleagues, Black Lives Matter

June 8, 2020 at 7:36 p.m.

A throng of Cook County public defenders demonstrated outside Cook County's main criminal courthouse on Monday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and for many, it was personal....

Protesters carry a "Defund the Police" sign on West Division Street during the March of Justice from Union Park to Cabrini-Green on June 6, 2020, in Chicago to demand police accountability.

Two black women denounce Black Lives Matter protests in unusual confrontation in West Town

June 7, 2020 at 8:57 p.m.

The crowd outside Nini's Deli was starting to thin Sunday afternoon as Justin Starns watched his friend add more spray paint to the plywood boarding up the restaurant: "BLM," in...

Mia Wright, 25, who said she was pulled from a car by Chicago police at Brickyard Mall, speaks to the media on June 4, 2020, during a news conference in the mall's parking lot.

The criminal charges that have emerged in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death have run the gamut

June 6, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

The situation in downtown Chicago was rapidly devolving last Saturday afternoon when a young man in a grinning "Joker" mask allegedly walked up to a police SUV, set it ablaze,...

A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

After a weekend of chaos, the fallout: Authorities and activists react to a wave of arrests

June 1, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.

After a weekend of protests was overshadowed by widespread looting and intense gun violence, Chicagoans on Monday were left to grapple with the fallout. Residents swept up broken glass outside...

Federal jury trials will remain postponed due to to the COVID-19 pandemic at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, shown at left.

Chicago’s courthouses not yet ready to join list of reopenings, will remain in coronavirus shutdown mode

May 27, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

Operations in Chicago's federal and county courthouses have again delayed resuming normal operations, as crowded courtroom galleries and jury boxes continue to be risky propositions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Jury...

Anthony Mitchell speaks during a news conference May 27, 2020, announcing a federal lawsuit filed against Chicago police for allegedly fabricating and suppressing evidence.

2 exonerated men file federal suits claiming Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors framed them for murder as teens

May 27, 2020 at 4:10 p.m.

Two men exonerated of a 2003 murder have sued Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors in federal court, alleging they manipulated photo evidence, physically abused the pair, and fabricated their...

Lucy Aguilar lights candles Feb. 10, 2016, in front of a house in the Gage Park neighborhood where six people were killed a week earlier.

Woman charged in connection with slayings of a Gage Park family of six loses bid to get out of jail to avoid COVID-19

May 26, 2020 at 12:48 p.m.

A Cook County judge denied bond Tuesday for a woman accused in the 2016 killings of a family of six, rejecting her attorney's argument that she should be released since...

R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to a new indictment before Judge Lawrence Flood at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019.

R. Kelly again denied release from federal jail after raising COVID-19 concerns

May 15, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

A federal judge in New York has once again rejected R. Kelly's request for release pending trial, stating that his diagnosis of prediabetes is not enough to put him at...

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2017, file photo, Wyndham Lathem arrives at a police station as he is escorted by Chicago police in Chicago. Lathem, a former Northwestern University professor charged in the murder of his boyfriend, was rebuffed by a judge after asking to be released from a Chicago jail so his research skills can be used to battle COVID-19, The Chicago Sun-Times, citing court records Monday, April 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool, File)

Ex-Northwestern professor charged in sex killing again cites immunology expertise in bid to leave jail and fight COVID-19

May 14, 2020 at 2:53 p.m.

The former Northwestern University professor accused of fatally stabbing his boyfriend to fulfill an elaborate sexual fantasy should be released pending trial so he can help in the battle against...

Cook County Jail escapee held without bond Monday after more than a week on the run

May 11, 2020 at 4:24 p.m.

A 21-year-old parolee who allegedly swapped identities with another detainee to slip out of Cook County Jail last weekend was held without bond Monday after being captured over the weekend....

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