Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Recent News About Cook County State's Attorney's Office
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Once convicted murderer Jose Cruz can destroy documents defendants have requested in wrongful conviction defense
A federal judge is allowing Jose Cruz, convicted of a 1993 murder in Chicago, to withhold communications -
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Another Foxx double murder exoneree files lawsuit in stark contrast to defendants' accounts, 1994 Supreme Court opinion affirming conviction
The defendants named in convicted murderer Marilyn Mulero’s wrongful conviction lawsuit have a whole different take on the events that unfolded the night of May 12, 1992, when Latin Kings gang members Jimmy Cruz and Hector Reyes were shot to death in Humboldt Park.
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Did State's Attorney Foxx violate Supreme Court rules by discussing murder case with inmate?
A video posted on Cook County State’s Attorney’s website celebrates exonerations.
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Harvey Weinstein and convicted Chicago rapist both benefited from same controversial legal doctrine
Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood producer and convicted rapist, and Stanley Wrice, Chicago resident and convicted rapist
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Vallas: Lawyers, radical left driving 'Criminal Industrial Complex'
Special interests have twisted the criminal justice reform movement into a lucrative enterprise.
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Gerald Reed retrial for murder could squash chance for Certificate of Innocence
A special prosecutor retried Gerald Reed for murder last week in a Cook County court.
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Settlement reached in Marquette Park Four, the first of Kim Foxx’s numerous exoneration cases
A settlement has been reached in the wrongful conviction cases of the so-called Marquette Park Four, convicted of a 1995 double murder at a car dealership on the Southwest Side.
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Kim Foxx gift-wraps another wrongful conviction settlement award – this time to two convicted of murdering a child
Last week, a Cook County judge granted brothers Sean Tyler and Reginald Henderson, convicted of the 1994 murder of a ten-year-old boy on the South Side
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Eileen O’Neill Burke has work cut out just prosecuting robberies
Last Thursday morning, eight West Loop businesses were robbed at gunpoint between 5.30 a.m. and 6.30 a.m.
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Cook County State's attorney candidate Fioretti: O'Niell Burke's campaign 'has been a bait and switch job from the beginning'
Bob Fioretti, Republican candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney, said Democrat candidate Eileen O’Niell Burke has been leading a “bait and switch” campaign since the start. Fioretti and O’Niell Burke are both on the general election ballot in November.
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Republican candidate Fioretti congratulates general election opponent Democrat candidate O'Niell Burke on primary win
Cook County State’s Attorney Republican candidate Bob Fioretti congratulates Democrat candidate Eileen O’Niell Burke on her success in the primary. The two candidates will both be on the general election ballot.
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Top Cook County prosecutor running for judge handicapped with poor colleague evaluations, association with State's Attorney Kim Foxx
Kim Foxx’s second in command, Risa Lanier, is running for judge in the 19th Subcircuit, despite being saddled with negative recommendations from area bar associations.
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Law school's wrongful conviction symposium will host advocates, not critics, on what’s driving multi-million-dollar lawsuits
The lineup of speakers at an upcoming wrongful conviction symposium hosted by the DePaul University College of Law consists purely of advocates for the incarcerated who claim that police and prosecutors framed, coerced, and in some cases tortured them into confessing to crimes they did not commit.
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State's attorney Kim Foxx ready to release long overdue documents surrounding controversial exonerations
Under the pressure of a lawsuit for violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Foxx’s office has agreed to comply with the law.
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Now free, Brian Beals, convicted of murder in 1988, is well-positioned with attorneys and the media to mount a successful civil action
In mid-December, a Cook County judge vacated the conviction of Brian Beals, who served 37 years in prison for the murder of a six-year-old. Now free, Beals is poised to follow the paths of dozens of others exonerated for their crimes.
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Kim Foxx assistant working both sides of legal system in post-conviction cases
On December 8, just two days after being named head of Kim Foxx’s Conviction Review Unit
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Foxx assistant seen accepting 75K check for 'school project' she claimed never generated revenue
The newly installed head of Kim Foxx’s post-conviction unit recently told a Cook County judge that a side business she fronts
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Kim Foxx praises one assistant prosecutor accused of misconduct, fires another
When in 2020 former Cook County prosecutor Nick Trutenko was accused of misconduct for not disclosing a relationship with a witness, he was fired immediately by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
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Judge knocks Foxx's new post-conviction head off case over business that presents 'disturbing appearance of impropriety'
A Cook County judge shredded the new head of Kim Foxx’s post-conviction unit over a side business she runs that connects inmates, claiming innocence, with defense attorneys.
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Open Letter: It's time for a Black man to serve as Cook County State's Attorney
Nearly two dozen prominent politicians have publicly endorsed Clayton Harris III for the position of Cook County State's Attorney, asserting that it is time a Black man held this role. The endorsement came in the form of an open letter to voters, which was first published by Politico.