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Cassandra Cales, sister of missing person Stacy Peterson, and Bruce Zidarich, a family friend, arrive to testify at a grand jury in Joliet, Ill. The panel was interviewing witnesses in the disappearances of Stacy Peterson.

Drew Peterson facing sentencing Thursday if new trial bid fails

May 16, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

Drew Peterson could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison Thursday if a judge rejects defense team arguments that his former lead attorney's inept trial performance violated his...

Drew Peterson facing sentencing Thursday if new trial bid fails

December 24, 2018 at 12:15 a.m.

Drew Peterson could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison Thursday if a judge rejects defense team arguments that his former lead attorney's inept trial performance violated his...

Legal council for Drew Peterson, Reem Odeh, listens to Joel Brodsky address the media after a hearing in Joliet.

Drew Peterson case: Brodsky takes stand

May 16, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

Joel Brodsky, once the lead attorney in Drew Peterson's murder trial, was waiting in the hallway Tuesday when his former legal teammates asked that he be brought to the stand....

Drew Peterson case: Brodsky takes stand

December 24, 2018 at 12:15 a.m.

Joel Brodsky, once the lead attorney in Drew Peterson's murder trial, was waiting in the hallway Tuesday when his former legal teammates asked that he be brought to the stand....

Last-ditch effort for Drew Peterson attorneys

December 24, 2018 at 12:11 a.m.

Drew Peterson's longtime lead attorney could find himself on the witness stand Tuesday defending his decision-making and legal skills as the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's attorneys argue that their client...

High-flying cartel planned to smuggle drugs through small suburban airport, DEA says

December 24, 2018 at 12:04 a.m.

At a meeting in a Chicago business last spring, the leaders of a drug trafficking organization allegedly made a lucrative offer to an informant posing as a pilot. Jose Mares-Barragan,...

Judge who shoved deputy found not guilty by reason of insanity

May 16, 2019 at 12:33 p.m.

A Democratic Party-backed judge who won re-election in November while facing battery charges was found not guilty Monday — by reason of insanity. The insanity verdict could aid the judge's...

Judge who shoved deputy found not guilty by reason of insanity

December 23, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

A Democratic Party-backed judge who won re-election in November while facing battery charges was found not guilty Monday — by reason of insanity. The insanity verdict could aid the judge's...

Former La Grange woman guilty in ’03 slaying of boyfriend

June 18, 2018 at 7:57 p.m.

A Cook County judge found a woman who spent seven years on the run guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of her boyfriend in La Grange in 2003....

Former La Grange woman guilty in ’03 slaying of boyfriend

December 23, 2018 at 11:58 p.m.

A Cook County judge found a woman who spent seven years on the run guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of her boyfriend in La Grange in 2003....

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