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Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a Chicago man exonerated for the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers, according to court records and a recommendation from a county board subcommittee. Cook County commissioners are scheduled to vote on the deal this week, which would bring a quiet end to a civil rights lawsuit filed against former Cook County state’s attorneys accused of ...
Marvin Williford was convicted of a 2000 attack on Delwin Foxworth. Later, DNA on the weapon was linked to an unidentified man whose DNA was recovered from 11-year-old Holly Staker, who was raped and killed in 1992 in Waukegan. Williford’s DNA wasn’t on that weapon, his lawyers say.
The trial of two former Cook County State’s assistant state’s attorneys has been postponed indefinitely as special prosecutors submitted paperwork this week for a rare mid-trial appeal that questions a judge’s decision to limit testimony from a key witness. It’s unclear how long the process will take, as the appeal delves into fundamental rights regarding attorney-client privilege and the ...
A criminal trial of two former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys was halted suddenly Wednesday when prosecutors said they planned to file a rare mid-trial appeal after a judge limited testimony from a key witness and sharply criticized Kim Foxx’s office. The move pushes the criminal case into an indefinite holding pattern, as the sides argue over key concepts such as attorney-client ...
A judge sentenced a Waukegan man to 49 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury convicted him of attempted murder for shooting at police officers in North Chicago last year.