State’s Attorney Alvarez Hosts National Prosecutors Conference
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez recently brought together top prosecutors and staff from major jurisdictions throughout the country for...
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Father and Son Sentenced in 2011 Murder
A father and son who conspired and carried out a plan to shoot and kill a Chicago woman over a...
Milwaukee Man Wins $½ Million For Wrongful Stop & Frisk by Cops
MILWAUKEE -- A jury in federal court late awarded Leo Hardy, 40, just over half a million dollars for a...
Helen Prejean: The ‘Whole Death Penalty System is Botched’
New America Media Question & Answer By Viji Sundaram Editor’s Note: The recent botched executions of three death row inmates...
NACDL Applauds U.S. Sentencing Commission Vote Cutting Federal Prison Terms for Drug Offenses
On July 18, the U.S. Sentencing Commission took a significant step, long urged by NACDL and numerous allied organizations in...
Madigan: Jackson & Schuyler County Arrests in Child Pornography Operation
CHICAGO, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against two men on multiple counts of possessing and distributing...
Federal prosecutors will seek to bar evidence of sexual and physical torture in politically motivated deportation case of Palestinian American community leader
(From U.S. Palestinian Community Network) “Replace judge who donated millions to defendant's torturers,†say Rasmea Odeh’s lawyers and supporters, while...
Clifford Law Offices Files Lawsuit for the Drowning Death of six-year-old Boy
Clifford Law Offices yesterday (Thursday, July 24, 2014) filed a lawsuit against the Village of Justice, the Village of Bridgeview,...
Madigan Files Lawsuits in Joint Federal-State Mortgage Rescue Fraud Crackdown
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed lawsuits against two Chicago area companies for operating fraudulent mortgage rescue...
State’s Attorney Alvarez Announces Charges in Rackeetering Operation
Cook County prosecutors execute second long-term investigation using state RICO laws Five people have been charged with Super Class X...
