Review: ‘Let Him Go’ by Larry Watson
The setting of "Let Him Go" may be familiar to fans of Larry Watson — the small towns of North Dakota and Montana early in the 1950s. But "Let Him...
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No charges for cop in 2011 fatal shooting caught on video
Cook County prosecutors said Tuesday they would not bring criminal charges against a Chicago police officer who was captured on videotape fatally shooting an unarmed man, saying an exhaustive review...
No charges for cop in 2011 fatal shooting caught on video
Cook County prosecutors said Tuesday they would not bring criminal charges against a Chicago police officer who was captured on videotape fatally shooting an unarmed man, saying an exhaustive review...
No charges against cop who shot unarmed man
Cook County prosecutors said Tuesday that they would not bring criminal charges against a Chicago police officer who was captured on videotape fatally shooting an unarmed man, saying an exhaustive...
’82 murder case reopened years after death row inmate freed
Nearly 15 years after Anthony Porter walked off Illinois' death row in one of the state's most pivotal wrongful convictions, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has decided to reopen...
Accuser’s allegations of rape touched a number of lives; now her credibility is in doubt
Janina Hapaniewski remembers the tears. Her brother, Edward Szymczak, had been accused of raping a woman in the office building where he worked as a janitor, a charge he assured...
Release of wrongfully convicted men fails to silence Alvarez’s critics
The decision by Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to set aside the convictions of two men Tuesday, leading to their release from prison and into the arms of family...
Prosecutors dismiss charges in 2 cases: ‘This is a joyous day’
A homeless man in prison for raping a clerk at the Daley Center and a man convicted of a fatal shooting in Wrigleyville were ordered released immediately today after prosecutors...
Man charged in sexual assault linked to homicide
A man charged in a sexual assault last week in a small downtown park was implicated more than a decade ago in a homicide through DNA evidence, but Cook County...
Golfers, start your engines
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Many golfers no doubt come to the Brickyard Crossing golf course to play the four holes situated inside the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. And those four holes...