Prosecutors
Prosecutors have discretion about which crimes they choose to pursue and how they charge and prosecute them. We report on the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office and the role prosecutors play in the criminal legal system.
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Illinois’ prosecutor-initiated resentencing law was supposed to be a progressive policy win. So far, it’s yielded no winners.
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Judge overturns murder conviction that was based on eyewitness who was legally blind
Prosecutors said they plan to retry Darien Harris, who was sentenced to 76 years in prison for a 2011 murder in Woodlawn based on the eyewitness testimony of a man who it was later discovered was legally blind.
Chicago man becomes first in Illinois to get reduced sentence under new law
A law passed in 2021 empowered prosecutors to revisit excessive sentences, but so far, only two people have been released. Said one: ‘Two years into it, it’s helped two people?’
How Jessica Logan’s call for help became evidence against her
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.
Hundreds more Black Chicagoans are pleading guilty to gun-possession charges. Here’s one possible reason why.
As Chicago police have made more gun arrests, prosecutors are taking nearly all cases through the secretive grand jury process, where indictments are close to a sure thing.
Man walks out of prison 28 years early — with the help of a prosecutor
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.”
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