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Attorney David Owens talks to the news media at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Jan. 16, 2020, after his client, George Anderson, was denied a new trial.

Judge finds longtime inmate falsified claims of abuse by Chicago police detectives under Jon Burge

January 16, 2020 at 5:47 p.m.

A longtime inmate had his hopes of freedom dashed Thursday when a Cook County judge rejected his bid for a new trial, accusing him of lying for years with claims...

Ashake Banks talk to reporters June 30, 2012, about the arrest made in the shooting death of her 7-year-old daughter Heaven Sutton.

Mother rages at gang member given 60 years in prison for killing 7-year-old Heaven Sutton: ‘Maybe God can forgive y’all, but I can’t’

January 16, 2020 at 7:04 p.m.

Ashake Banks approached the witness stand at the sentencing of her 7-year-old daughter's killer with tears in her eyes. She held a crumpled tissue in her right hand as she...

Dixmoor cop charged with beating grandmother in dispute captured by surveillance cameras

January 15, 2020 at 6:06 p.m.

A Dixmoor police commander dragged a 66-year-old grandmother, her feet dangling off the ground at times, into the suburb's police station and repeatedly slammed her face into a wall before...

Parolee charged with leaving obscene messages on ex-probation officer’s cellphone

January 13, 2020 at 5:02 p.m.

A federal parolee left more than a dozen obscene voicemails on the cellphone of his former parole officer in recent days and weeks, authorities have charged. "Don't think I'm a...

Serial stowaway found to be mentally fit for trial with proper medication

January 13, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

The so-called serial stowaway charged with trying once again to pass a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport is mentally fit to stand trial with the proper medication, a court-ordered...

Officers salute outside the Near North District station Feb. 13, 2020, during a memorial for Cmdr. Paul Bauer, who was killed in 2018.

Judge refuses to throw out key evidence in killing of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer

January 10, 2020 at 4:26 p.m.

The foot pursuit that culminated in the daylight slaying of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer began with a relatively minor infraction: Bauer's accused killer was approached moments before the shooting...

Acusan a puertorriqueño de matar a su hijo a golpes

January 9, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

Un hombre de 28 años, originario de Puerto Rico, acusado de matar a golpes a su hijo de 9 meses dijo a las autoridades que golpeó y presionó la cara...

Baby allegedly killed by father bore scars of past abuse: Fractures to arm and ribs, bite mark, abrasions in shape of shoe on his chest, prosecutors say

January 13, 2020 at 11:11 a.m.

A Chicago man charged with fatally beating his 9-month-old son told authorities that he hit the boy and pushed his face into a blanket because he wouldn't stop crying, prosecutors...

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Jussie Smollett investigation: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of the actor’s data as part of special prosecutor probe

January 8, 2020 at 11:19 p.m.

A Cook County judge has ordered Google to turn over Jussie Smollett's emails, photos, location data and private messages for an entire year as part of the special prosecutor's investigation...

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on June 29, 2010. Burge died in 2018.

Little progress in Jon Burge-related case a year after tainted confession thrown out

January 4, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

A little more than a year ago, special prosecutors announced plans to retry Gerald Reed for a 1990 double homicide even after a Cook County judge had thrown out a...

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