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In 2009, the Illinois Supreme Court established the "Honorable George N. Leighton Justice Award," which recognizes one who has given exceptional service to the legal community and exhibits the qualities that personified Judge Leighton's character, service and legal career. He was the first recipient. [2]
George N Leighton Courthouse, the circuit's criminal courts building for Cook County The Criminal Division hears cases in which the State of Illinois alleges the commission of a serious criminal act (other than those heard by the Domestic Violence Division) such as armed robbery, assault, burglary, criminal sexual assault, murder, among others ...
George N. Leighton: First Cape Verdean male to serve as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1976) Joe Billy McDade (1963): [37] First African American male to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois (1991)
Smollett, who is Black and openly gay, unexpectedly took the stand in his Chicago criminal trial, telling jurors, "There was no hoax on my part."
Since then, a 1920s neoclassical and art deco courthouse for the criminal division of the Cook County Circuit Court has operated at the South Lawndale complex. As of 2017, Cook County operated the third-largest jail system in the United States by inmate population (after the Los Angeles County and New York City jail systems). [3]
The ruling was handed down to the erstwhile Empire star, 39, by Judge James B. Linn at Chicago's George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Thursday. The judge did not hold back when sentencing the ...
In 1950 Illinois Assistant State Attorney General George N. Leighton represented parents in a proceeding which desegregated the public schools of Harrisburg. [26] On December 1, 1953, WSIL-TV 3 was founded and based out of the city. The station built the 503 ft (153 m), WSIL tower in downtown which was one of the tallest television towers in ...
Judge Leighton may refer to: George N. Leighton (1912–2018), judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Ronald B. Leighton (born 1951), judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington