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A judge called a mistrial after jurors spent more than one day deliberating the murder charges against Lester Lee Colbert, 42, following a weeklong trial where prosecutors argued he had stabbed Deontrae Matthews, 34, in the Annapolis Walk neighborhood in July 2020.

A judge called a mistrial after jurors spent more than one day deliberating the murder charges against Lester Lee Colbert, 42, following a weeklong trial where prosecutors argued he had stabbed Deontrae Matthews, 34, in the Annapolis Walk neighborhood in July 2020.

Officer Melvina Bogard argued she was trying to protect herself when she shot Ariel Roman on Feb. 28, 2020, but Roman’s attorney contended the officer’s claim “completely contradicts the clear video evidence.”

A Cook County judge has acquitted a Chicago police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed man during an arrest at the CTA Red Line’s Grand station in 2020.

A Chicago police officer was acquitted of two felony charges Tuesday in connection with a shooting at a CTA Red Line Station in 2020.

Jurors were excused for the weekend Friday evening after about five hours of deliberating murder counts against the Annapolis man accused of stabbing 34-year-old Deontrae Matthews.

Charges against a Peoria teenager accused in a homicide are based upon his possession of a gun used in the deadly shooting.

Ruben Roman, who was 21 when Toledo killed in 2021, faces charges for allegedly shooting at a car shortly before fatal footchase with police.

The public dispute over what the evidence against the teen shows and means comes ahead of a hearing Thursday to determine whether the teen is tried in Circuit Court or in juvenile court, where sentences emphasize rehabilitation rather than punishment.

The public dispute over what the evidence against the teen shows and means comes ahead of a hearing Thursday to determine whether the teen is tried in Circuit Court or in juvenile court, where sentences emphasize rehabilitation rather than punishment.