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Nov. 12, 2016: Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of pregnant girlfriend and her brother

May 22, 2019 at 10:43 p.m.

A man was denied bail late Friday afternoon in the fatal shootings of his pregnant girlfriend and her 16-year-old brother, officials said. Darryl Benton-Harris, 19, who was listed as homeless,...

Police hold CPD supporters away from Black Lives Matters protestors in the wake of an altercation that led to the fatal shooting of Joshua Beal near the intersection of 111th Street and Kedzie Avenue in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on Nov. 8, 2016.

Brother of man fatally shot by off-duty police freed from jail on bond

May 22, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

A brother of Joshua Beal — the black man whose shooting by off-duty police in the mostly white Mount Greenwood neighborhood last weekend has triggered a series of racially charged...

Racially charged strife erupts again over police shooting in Mount Greenwood

May 22, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

For the second time since the weekend fatal shooting of a black man by Chicago police, a racially charged confrontation erupted Tuesday night between about 30 mostly black protesters and...

Adam Gray is in Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg for setting a fire that killed two people when he was 14.

Judge rejects defense, prosecution calls for retrial in ’93 fatal arson

May 22, 2019 at 10:56 p.m.

In a surprise move, a Cook County judge on Monday denied a new trial for a man convicted of setting a fire that killed two people, even though prosecutors had...

DNA links Texas felon to Chicago theater director’s slaying in 2003

May 22, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

After a 2003 night out drinking in the Boystown area, theater director Brad Nelson Winters kissed a friend good night, put her in a cab and stopped at a convenience...

Jason Van Dyke approaches the bench as his case is called for a status hearing Nov. 2, 2016, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.

Cop’s attorneys to make a 3rd attempt at Laquan McDonald’s juvenile records

May 23, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.

Attorneys for the Chicago police officer charged in the killing of Laquan McDonald said Wednesday that they plan to make yet another attempt at persuading a Cook County juvenile court...

Bernard Mims adjusts his hair after being released from Pontiac Correctional Center on Oct. 26, 2016, in Pontiac, Ill. He was released and picked up by his attorney Kathleen Zellner following a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.

Man in prison for 2000 Chicago murder freed after conviction tossed

May 22, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

A man who spent 12 years in prison for the killing of an off-duty Cook County Jail officer was released Thursday after prosecutors threw out his conviction in the morning....

George Leighton, the namesake of Cook County's main criminal courthouse, takes a conference phone call with congratulations from fellow judges and well-wishers in the company of his daughter, Barbara Whitfield, and son-in-law, Roger Whitfield, at the VA center where he lives in Brockton, Mass., on Oct. 21, 2016, the day before his 104th birthday.

George Leighton, pioneering African-American judge, lawyer turns 104

June 9, 2018 at 9:01 a.m.

Stunned by an ACLU article that described Chicago police brutality as declining under a new top cop, attorney George Leighton responded with a lengthy letter detailing allegations of beatings, torture...

Prosecutors: Dispute over messy apartment fueled cousin’s fatal shooting

May 22, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

An argument over a messy apartment shared between cousins led to a fatal shooting Tuesday in the Eden Green neighborhood, prosecutors said. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tiera Graves, 28,...

3 cops indicted again, plead not guilty to perjury charges in traffic stop

May 22, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

Three police officers — two from Chicago and one from Glenview — charged with perjury for their courtroom testimony in a drug case entered not guilty pleas Friday and agreed...

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