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A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
In 1957, area code 815 was split for the assignment of area code 309 to western central Illinois. No further changes took place for 33 years. In 1989, area code 708 was created for all of the suburbs in the Chicago metropolitan area while the city of Chicago kept the original 312. Area codes 847 (northern suburbs) and 630 (western suburbs) were ...
The Northern District of Illinois, which contains the entire Chicago metropolitan area, accounts for 1,531 of the 1,828 public corruption convictions in the state between 1976 and 2012, almost 84%, also making it the federal district with the most public corruption convictions in the nation between 1976 and 2012.
The Chicago Council of Lawyers Evaluation Report: Judges Seeking Retention in the November 2012 General Election and Judicial Candidates Seeking to Fill Judicial Vacancies September 14, 2012 The Chicago Council of Lawyers, in this report, releases its evaluation of the judges seeking retention in the November 6th general election.
Daley Center is the central courthouse, and one of six courthouses for the County One of the Circuit Court's courthouses. The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 25 circuit courts (trial courts of original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States – second only in size to the Superior Court ...
Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, testified in late July before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. AP Photo/J. Scott ...
The Cook County State's Attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke, [1] functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 600 attorneys and 1,200 employees. [2]
CHICAGO — Chicago bar and restaurant owners joined the opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan Wednesday, saying the 35% tax hike he wants on liquor sales would be ruinous to ...