Crime and Courts

Crime and Courts

Woodford County settles inmate death case

• Aug 20, 2019

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Slain Chinese scholar's family to give $20K for help in case

• Aug 19, 2019

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'It's the racial stuff': Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program

• Aug 16, 2019

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VIDEO: Supporters urge Trump to set Blagojevich free

• Aug 12, 2019

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As clemency from President Trump remains a possibility, disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich goes for a jog

• Aug 12, 2019

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Family of slain Chinese scholar holds memorial

• Aug 9, 2019

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FBI: domestic terrorism probe in Gilroy shooting

• Aug 6, 2019

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Bloody weekend in Chicago leaves 7 dead, at least 40 injured

• Aug 5, 2019

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Jussie Smollett's lawyers portray actor as a victim twice over — of attack and frame-up

• Jul 19, 2019

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Brendt Christensen gets life in prison for killing University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang

• Jul 18, 2019

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Jury begins deliberations on possible death penalty for U. of I. killer Brendt Christensen

• Jul 18, 2019

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Jury deliberates death penalty in Chinese scholar's slaying

• Jul 17, 2019

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Freed Illinois transgender inmate to fight for trans prisoner rights

• Jul 14, 2019

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Advocates hope Illinois private detention ban sparks change

• Jul 13, 2019

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Sentencing trial continues in Chinese scholar case

• Jul 12, 2019

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Illinois transgender inmate in legal battle over abuse freed from Lincoln prison

• Jul 9, 2019

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Jurors considering death penalty for U. of I. killer Brendt Christensen hear emotional testimony from victim's fiance: 'She's the best girl I've ever met'

• Jul 9, 2019

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Small-town Illinois defense lawyer, shaken by client’s overdose, advocates tough new approach: Treat heroin dealers like terrorists

• Jul 9, 2019

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Cannabis will be legal Jan. 1. How will Illinois employers handle the change?

• Jul 6, 2019

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Passenger airlifted after Blue Mound crash; driver arrested

• Jul 6, 2019

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Nurse comes to aid of Navy Pier stabbing victim: 'Security and I were trying to hold him down to get a tourniquet on him'

• Jul 5, 2019

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Jury to consider death penalty in killing of Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang

• Jul 5, 2019

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VIDEO: More than a dozen hurt in Chicago July 4 stampede

• Jul 5, 2019

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Judge to suspects accused of scrawling graffiti on The Bean: 'I take offense at these offenses'

• Jul 5, 2019

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The latest: 2 boys, 1 man stabbed outside Navy Pier after Fourth of July fireworks; 14 others injured in 'stampede' following false reports of gunfire

• Jul 5, 2019

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MUGSHOT: Chicago-area schoolteacher who is pastor's wife traded alcohol for sex with minor student, sent nude images, prosecutors say

• Jul 3, 2019

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Springfield father who killed 2-month-old son gets 60-year sentence

• Jul 2, 2019

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Docs: Metro East man sexually assaulted, drugged and bit toddler

• Jun 29, 2019