The probe by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul follows Injustice Watch’s investigation into the Chicago Police Department’s denial of hundreds of U visa certification requests from undocumented crime victims.
News
The new ‘stop and frisk’? Chicago police make millions of traffic stops while searching for guns
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Chicago police pulled over hundreds of thousands more drivers than they previously reported, but found guns in fewer than 1 out of every 150 stops, according to a new data analysis.
Police and Prosecutors
How Jessica Logan’s call for help became evidence against her
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Police in Decatur, Illinois, used a dubious technique known as 911 call analysis to make the case that Jessica Logan killed her infant son. An Illinois appellate court recently upheld her conviction.
Police and Prosecutors
Exonerated man files $100M lawsuit against Chicago and police detectives
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While still in prison fighting another murder conviction, James Allen is seeking compensation for his wrongful imprisonment for a 1984 killing.
Police and Prosecutors
Man walks out of prison 28 years early — with the help of a prosecutor
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Corzell Cole went away for “a first-degree murder that never occurred,” argued Will County’s prosecutor in a rare motion, citing a new Illinois law allowing prosecutors to push for resentencing in “the interests of justice.”
The Circuit
Data highlights leniency of ex-officer Jason Van Dyke’s murder sentence
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Anger about Van Dyke’s release and renewed scrutiny of Judge Vincent Gaughan’s sentencing in his case comes as the judge faces a retention election this fall.