Three Cook County residents are being detained after allegedly stealing a high-end SUV and leading police on a high-speed ...

Two former Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to a wrongful conviction case.

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist ...

Robert Johnson had been behind bars since he was a teenager. He was freed Thursday night after a jury overturned his murder ...

After nearly 30 years, a man who was wrongly convicted of a murder in Chicago was able to walk free Thursday night.Robert ...

according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Abdallahi was found dead Saturday, Nov. 30 at 3:30 p.m. during a routine security check at the health center in Cook County Jail. He was found unresponsive in ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS ... "For the state of Illinois and the people of Chicago, I'm gonna make this simple and clear. No justice, no m*****f***** peace. Let's go," Wilson said.

A Chicago man who served nearly 30 years in prison was released on Thursday after having his conviction in a 1996 murder vacated. The Illinois Commerce Commission ruled Thursday that Peoples Gas ...

Bryan Odwyer, 29, faces the Class 2 felony following an Illinois State Police investigation ... Odwyer was taken into custody today and transported to DuPage County Jail for a detention hearing. State ...