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    Police and Prosecutors

    Stories about policing, wrongful convictions, and prosecutorial misconduct.

    Illinois AG investigating Chicago police over handling of U visas

    By Carlos Ballesteros | February 6, 2023

    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.

    A figure stands in front of an arcade-style claw game filled with people. At the back is a door marked DOC. On the floor is a folder marked

    Three strikes for Cook County prosecutors

    A Black man in a white t-shirt stands next to a dark red Jeep Grand Cherokee, somberly looking off to his right.

    Chicago police are arresting thousands more Black drivers after traffic stops than they report to state regulators

    A man sifts through a binder of documents laid out on the hood of his car in a parking lot, while looking at the camera.

    Hundreds more Black Chicagoans are pleading guilty to gun-possession charges. Here’s one possible reason why.

    Robert Smith on March 14, 2022 sitting in a wheelchair outside his Roseland home.

    Former Chicago police superintendent accused of lying in murder case

    Police and Prosecutors

    How Jessica Logan’s call for help became evidence against her

    By Brett Murphy (ProPublica) | November 29, 2022

    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

    By Maya Dukmasova | June 21, 2022

    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

    By Maya Dukmasova | March 22, 2022

    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
    Judge Vincent Gaughan presides over a hearing for Jason Van Dyke at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago.

    Data highlights leniency of ex-officer Jason Van Dyke’s murder sentence

    By Maya Dukmasova | March 17, 2022

    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.

    Departamento de Policía de Aurora
    Un hombre con una barba de chivo canela, vestido con saco negro y corbata, se para frente a un automóvil

    Habitante de Aurora demanda a la policía por presunta fuerza excesiva durante una detención de tránsito

    By Rita Oceguera | March 3, 2022

    George Gutiérrez dijo que la policía de Aurora intensificó la detención de abril de 2020 después de enterarse de una condena penal de décadas. Los defensores dijeron que su caso ilustra el maltrato del Departamento de Policía de Aurora a los residentes negros y latinos.

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