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A Cook County judge on Friday denied a man’s bid for a new trial in the troubled, yearslong saga stemming from the killing of off-duty Chicago police Officer Clifton Lewis in 2011. After hours of arguments from attorneys, Associate Judge James Linn turned away the effort to secure a new trial for Alexander Villa, one of three men who were charged in Lewis’ killing but the only to be convicted. ...

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It is no wonder citizens have no respect for the law because the people charged with enforcing it sure don’t

A Chicago police sergeant who supervised the botched investigation into the death of David Koschman — who was punched to death in 2004 by then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko — has been promoted to lieutenant.

A Chicago police supervisor who was disciplined for his role in the department’s shoddy handling of the reinvestigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman — who was punched by

Sam Cirone was reprimanded for his role in the investigation which initially cleared then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew in David Koschman’s 2004 death. A Sun-Times investigation changed that.

A Chicago police supervisor who was disciplined for his role in the department’s shoddy handling of the reinvestigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman — who was punched by a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley — was recently promoted to lieutenant, officials said Friday night.