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Nearly one year ago, a Cook County grand jury returned indictments accusing two former assistant state’s attorneys of misconduct in the prosecution of a man who the courts have said was ...
A Chicago police officer has been charged with sexual misconduct while on duty after prosecutors say he inappropriately touched a woman in custody last year. Officer Stephan Shaw, 32, made his ...
A Cook County judge on Thursday ruled that Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct will have the right to have their cases decided by a third-party arbitrator, but those hearings ...
[22] [23] In June 2002, Kelly was indicted in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography. [24] That same month on June 5, 2002, Kelly was arrested by the Miami Police Department on a Chicago arrest warrant at his Florida vacation home. [25] He was released after one night in jail, the following day after posting bail of $750,000. [26]
Critics have described Ryan’s leadership as fostering a “win-at-all-costs” mentality, where evidence that contradicted the prosecution's case was buried or dismissed. Investigations into the Nicarico case revealed a troubling pattern of misconduct, leading to the indictment of four sheriff's deputies and three prosecutors on charges of ...
The Chicago double-murder case is still unsolved. [2] Anthony Porter filed a civil suit against the city, but a jury trial in 2005 found in favor of the city, the original police investigation, and prosecution. Alstory Simon filed suit in 2015 against Northwestern University's Innocence Project, and was awarded an undisclosed settlement in June ...
Two men who fought a 12-year battle for exoneration after they were accused of killing a Chicago police officer filed sweeping lawsuits against the city, Cook County prosecutors, police officers ...
But many complaints dismissed by investigators later resulted in settlements after the accusers pursued lawsuits, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation. Between 2004 and 2014, the city paid out over $520 million in settlements, legal fees and other costs related to police misconduct, according to the Better Government Association.