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Two brothers, two choices: a plea bargain’s toll on the innocent
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Henry and Juan Johnson, wrongly convicted of murder, won a new trial after 11 years in prison. The prosecutor offered to let them walk free — if they pleaded guilty.
Cook County and its courts settle suit: Furloughs, cutbacks but no layoffs
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In settlement of rare lawsuit by Cook County Circuit Court’s chief judge against the county, courts win right to decide how budget cuts in court system are enacted; Cook County wins some, but not all, budget cuts it sought.
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Breaking: Former judges, prosecutors urge Illinois Supreme Court to reform bail
The state Supreme Court is urged to reform the bail system statewide, ensuring that defendants would not be held in custody awaiting trial only because of their poverty.
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Ill. inmate says he has been locked up for decades by impostor, not real judge
After spending more than two decades in prison, inmate Earl Kelly is contending his conviction should be invalid because the judge in his case, Francis X. Golniewicz III, was later removed from the bench after misleading Cook County voters and Illinois officials about his eligibility to be elected to his seat on the bench.
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Cook County judge rules she lacks power to find cash bail unconstitutional
As Cook County Judge Coghlan seeks retention, concerns over lawsuit, rulings
Chicago police gang database is error-prone, discriminatory, lawsuit says