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Chicago arrests up for business offenses in Q1

The number of arrests in Chicago has increased to 12,322 in the first quarter of 2024, compared to previous quarter's 10,465.

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 26, 2024

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Northwestern University upholds provocative reputation with acceptance of convicted killer to Pritzker School of Law, press delights

mber 2023, Benard McKinley completed his nearly 23-year sentence for murder, and this fall will begin law studies at Northwestern University— accepted after completing an in-prison undergraduate program.

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 25, 2024

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Kim Foxx's muddied transparency in exoneration cases

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 24, 2024

Throughout her two-term tenure in office, Cook County State's Attorney (CCSAO) Kim Foxx has repeatedly promised full transparency.

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Number of Amercian Indian or Alaska Native individuals arrested grows in Q1

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 24, 2024

Amercian Indian or Alaska Native arrests made up less than 0.1% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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Gerald Reed retrial for murder could squash chance for Certificate of Innocence

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 23, 2024

A special prosecutor retried Gerald Reed for murder last week in a Cook County court.

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Law enforcement expert: Chicago police shooting of Dexter Reed 'completely justified'

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 23, 2024

Chicago police have taken a beating in the press in the wake of the March 21 shooting of 26-year-old Dexter Reed

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36 unknown individuals arrested in Chicago during Q1

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 23, 2024

Unknown arrests made up 0.3% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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How many Asian or Pacific Islander individuals were arrested in Chicago during Q1?

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 22, 2024

Asian or Pacific Islander arrests made up 1% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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Racial disparities in Chicago arrests during Q1

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 21, 2024

Black Hispanic arrests made up 2.6% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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White arrest account for 8.6% of all arrests in Chicago during Q1

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 20, 2024

White arrests made up 8.6% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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Wrongful conviction case stemming from notorious 1998 Bucktown double murder hinges on fabricated evidence claims, detective's lawyer asks judge to dismiss

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 19, 2024

An attorney for retired Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara, who is named in a wrongful conviction case involving the 1998 double murder of a husband and wife in Bucktown, is asking a federal judge to dismiss claims of fabricated evidence by the two convicted of the murders.

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White Hispanic arrests in Chicago during Q1

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 19, 2024

White Hispanic arrests made up 27.5% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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Number of Black individuals arrested grows in Q1

By Chicago City Wire | Apr 18, 2024

Black arrests made up 60% of the 12,322 arrests registered in Chicago during the first quarter of 2024.

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Settlement reached in Marquette Park Four, the first of Kim Foxx’s numerous exoneration cases

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 15, 2024

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

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 11, 2024

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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Former police union official warns of anti-cop hysteria after video of Dexter Reed shooting released

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 11, 2024

A former Chicago police union official cautioned against spinning the story of 26-year-old Dexter Reed, who was shot and killed by police during a March 21 traffic stop, into yet another anti-policy frenzy in the press and among city leaders.

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Eileen O’Neill Burke has work cut out just prosecuting robberies

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 10, 2024

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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Crimes statistics undermine racism narrative in policing

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 2, 2024

A recently published pie chart breaking down crime according to race undermines the recurring narrative in the media that Chicago police unfairly target Blacks.

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Illinois Supreme Court ruling on police torture blow to plaintiffs’ lawyers

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 22, 2024

A little noticed Illinois Supreme Court ruling is a setback for plaintiffs’ firms representing clients who claim police torture in wrongful conviction lawsuits

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City Council shells out $5.5 million in yet another wrongful conviction settlement

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 20, 2024

Ricardo Rodriquez, charged with a 2019 home invasion a year after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx vacated his murder conviction, is now a millionaire.