Chicago man released from prison after conviction for 1996 murder is thrown out: 'An end to this nightmare'
Robert Johnson was 16 years old when he was arrested in 1996 on charges of murder, home invasion and armed robbery and was sentenced to prison for 80 years. Now 45, he was released from prison Thursday after a judge vacated his conviction.
A 21-year-old fugitive in Cook County is on the run after escaping electronic monitoring and removing his GPS tracking device, authorities said.
Federal officials are asking a judge to bar the Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff from using local ...
The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local ...
It specifically calls out Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance and Illinois' TRUST Act ... custody of individuals being detained at the Cook County Jail. As recently as last week, we notified ...
Two former Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to a wrongful conviction case.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11 ... Mathis, who escaped from the jail the previous day. Mathis rode out of jail aboard a truck, which contained inmates ...
Two men with felony records are facing new gun and drug charges after a Cook County Sheriff's police investigation.
A Lansing, Illinois, man is charged in Indiana with fatally stabbing his roommate. Christopher R. Jordan, 37, is charged with murder in the Feb. 1 death of John Walker-Spencer, 33. Jordan was recently ...
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