Exonerated man files federal lawsuit against Chicago police
A man who spent two decades in prison for a double murder even though he was in custody when the slayings occurred filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that Chicago...
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Ex-inmates seek to clear names after co-defendants exonerated
Since his release from prison in 2007, Paul Phillips says, he has lost more than one job after his conviction for a controversial double murder eventually surfaces. At 38, he...
3 get certificates of innocence after murder convictions dismissed
In the span of 15 minutes, a Cook County judge wiped clean the records of three people who collectively spent decades in prison for murders they did not commit. Daniel...
Police destroyed knife discovered near scene of baby sitter’s slaying
Many mysteries surround the 1992 rape and killing of Holly Staker, the most important being who stabbed the 11-year-old baby sitter, particularly since DNA evidence led to the release of...
Prosecutors drop conviction, life sentence in 1992 Chicago murders
Cook County prosecutors on Friday set aside the murder conviction and life sentence of a Chicago man, half a year after agreeing to free one of his co-defendants in a...
Former CPS high school employee accused of embezzlement
A technology coordinator at a North Side high school embezzled nearly $420,000 from Chicago Public Schools in an elaborate, decadelong fraudulent billing scheme, according to an investigation highlighted in the...
Former CPS high school employee accused of embezzlement
A technology coordinator at a North Side high school embezzled nearly $420,000 from Chicago Public Schools in an elaborate, decadelong fraudulent billing scheme, according to an investigation highlighted in the...
Court raps prosecutor, throws out murder conviction
In an unusual ruling, the Illinois Appellate Court has overturned the murder conviction of a Chicago man and barred Cook County prosecutors from trying him again, saying the evidence against...
After controversy, torture panel set to resume
After sputtering to a halt amid controversy three months ago, the state commission that evaluates claims of police torture is gearing up to resume its work as a former longtime...
Another Burge victim has conviction thrown out
A Cook County judge on Tuesday threw out the conviction of a South Side man imprisoned for decades for a 1980s rape, concluding that two of disgraced former Chicago police...