Stacy St. Clair – Page 42

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, center, and his attorneys Tammy Wendt and Daniel Herbert listen as Judge Vincent Gaughan raises Van Dyke's bond on Sept. 6, 2018.

Picking a jury for the Jason Van Dyke trial: Part psychology, legal strategy and guesswork

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

One by one, dozens of strangers will be summoned into a small chamber behind Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan’s courtroom on Monday to face a battery of questions about private...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke leaves Cook County Jail on Sept. 6, 2018, after a brief detention for violating a gag order in his murder case. Jury selection for his trial in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald begins in earnest Monday.

Van Dyke freed after judge raises bail slightly for giving interviews to Tribune, TV station

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke walked out of Cook County Jail on Thursday surrounded by a phalanx of uniformed Chicago police officers after a judge gave him a slap-on-the-wrist...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is escorted from the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2018 after first day of his trial.

Van Dyke trial gets underway as potential jurors pass by protesters, learn whose fate they could decide

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

A throng of protesters gathered outside Cook County’s criminal courthouse Wednesday to mark the start of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s murder trial, waving signs and chanting the now-familiar...

The empty jury box in the courtroom of Judge Vincent Gaughan is shown Sept. 4, 2018, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Potential jurors to show up Wednesday to answer questionnaires as Van Dyke trial gets underway

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Dozens of potential jurors are scheduled to show up at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Wednesday as the long-awaited trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke gets underway,...

Patricia LaPorta and her son Michael leave for a therapy session from their West Morgan Park home on March 20, 2017. Michael LaPorta was shot in the head at Chicago police Officer Patrick Kelly's home in 2010.

Judge upholds record $44.7 million jury award in Michael LaPorta case

May 23, 2019 at 1:14 a.m.

A federal judge has upheld a record $44.7 million judgment against the city in a high-profile police misconduct case, a sum awarded by a jury last fall after the panel...

Habla por primera vez oficial que disparó 16 veces a Laquan McDonald

December 12, 2018 at 8:06 p.m.

En las horas después de disparar fatalmente a Laquan McDonald, el oficial de policía de Chicago, Jason Van Dyke, regresó a su casa en Southwest Side y se metió a...

Jason Van Dyke at his lawyer's office Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.

Officer Van Dyke speaks out for the first time since shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times

May 23, 2019 at 1:12 a.m.

In the hours after fatally shooting Laquan McDonald, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke returned to his Southwest Side home and headed for the shower. As he stood under the...

Officer Jason Van Dyke appears before Judge Vincent Gaughan during a 2016 hearing in his first-degree murder trial. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Sept. 5.

Vincent Gaughan: The Van Dyke judge known for his smarts, sharp tongue and secretive style

May 23, 2019 at 1:11 a.m.

As Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s murder trial moved closer to jury selection earlier this summer, his attorneys made a seemingly innocuous request to Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan....

Chicago police Officer Joseph Walsh, left, and his attorney Thomas Breen speak to the media in 2017.

Prosecutors in Van Dyke’s trial to give immunity to obtain testimony from several cops

May 23, 2019 at 1:12 a.m.

Special prosecutors in Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s upcoming murder trial indicated Monday they will grant immunity from prosecution to several undisclosed officers in an effort to compel their...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after a hearing in the case on Aug. 15, 2018.

Judge blocks prosecutors from calling Laquan McDonald a victim at Van Dyke’s trial except during closings

May 23, 2019 at 1:10 a.m.

A Cook County judge overseeing the murder charges against Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke for the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald blocked prosecutors Wednesday from referring to McDonald as...

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