Attorneys for Sean Tyler and Reginal Henderson, convicted in the 1994 murder of Rodney Collins, have been granted priority to depose witness Andrea Murray after a federal judge approved the request, even though they did not pursue her deposition during the 18-month discovery period.
John Catanzara, president of Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 7, is facing charges filed by a union board member related to financial management and union governance.
The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Seventh Circuit decision that reversed a lower court ruling and upheld the state’s ban on concealed carry on public transportation.
U.S. District Judge Gabriel Fuentes has granted a motion by defense attorneys representing police officers to depose Luis “Danny” Rodriguez, a key witness in Jose Cruz’s wrongful conviction lawsuit.
Fifty years after its final known bombing, the Weather Underground’s legacy continues to spark debate, as critics argue the radical group's ideology lives on in modern institutions and public figures.
U.S. District Court Judge Martha Pacold has cleared former detectives who investigated the 1994 rape and murder of 20-year-old Antwinica Bridgeman of a list of claims in the wrongful conviction lawsuits by the two convicted of her murder—Nevest Coleman and Derrell Fulton.
Deportations of illegal immigrants receive heavy coverage from mainstream media, but stories of the victims of crimes committed by illegals are largely missing from the press, the Department of Homeland Security said in a recent statement.
Two former Fraternal Order of Police leaders have reached out to Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, urging State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke to recharge three Latin Cobra gang members in the 2011 murder of police officer Clifton Lewis.
Lawsuit reform advocates with Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse are voicing opposition after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation allowing trial lawyers nationwide to file lawsuits in Illinois courts, even when the alleged injury occurred outside the state and defendants have no local presence.
Martin Preib, the former spokesman for the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, says multimillion-dollar wrongful conviction settlements approved by city officials are adding financial strain to an already underfunded police pension system, according to a recent column.
An attorney representing the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) said the organization plans to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court after a three-judge appellate panel upheld a ruling requiring public access to arbitration hearings involving serious police misconduct.
Less than a year after Cook County Judge Michael McHale reduced Dante Brown’s life sentence for a double murder to 20 years — the time he had already served — Brown is back in custody, accused of shooting a security guard during an attempted robbery.
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is challenging a petition for a Certificate of Innocence (COI) filed by Kevin Jackson, who was convicted of a 2001 murder and later exonerated under former State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) is advancing proposals to restrict certain traffic stops by Chicago police despite an internal survey showing most residents oppose the changes.
A newly released analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) shows that the number of homicides in Chicago over the past year is lower than at any time in the past decade. At the same time, arrest rates related to homicides have fallen from 42 percent to 27 percent over the past decade.
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), a Chicago-based nonprofit providing free legal services to immigrants, has been ranked seventh on the Capital Research Center’s (CRC) list of the country’s top ten “most ridiculous” nonprofits.
The activist group Chicago Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression (CAARPR) is organizing a rally on Wednesday, August 6, outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, where attorneys will attend a status hearing on a petition for a Certificate of Innocence filed by a man convicted of a 2001 murder.
Attorneys for the defendant police officers in Arnold Day’s federal wrongful conviction case accused Day’s legal team at Loevy & Loevy of violating a standing court order related to summary judgment filings—an issue they claim the firm has been previously warned about in other cases.
Chicago resident Brian McCann is speaking out more than a decade after his brother was killed by a man living in the country illegally, saying Cook County’s sanctuary policies allowed the suspect to flee before trial and contributed to delays in justice.