Illinois Police Officers Not Charged In Fatal Shooting Case Illinois police officers not charged in fatal shooting of unarmed man in Carol Stream. Legal justification cited due to lack of evidence. Top News · Jun 27, 2024
Chicago-area man charged in connection to Juneteenth party shooting where 1 died and 22 were hurt Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a June shooting where one person died and 22 others were injured The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023
Highland Park, a year later: Use of state’s ‘red flag’ gun laws jumps in wake of parade killings In the immediate aftermath of last year’s mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade came the expected questions when such a tragedy unfolds: Who was the gunman? Where had his weapon come from? Chicago Tribune · Jul 3, 2023
Illinois' state witness protection program finally gets millions in funding, but has yet to get off the ground CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years of its existence. Chicago Tribune · Mar 8, 2023
Illinois Supreme Court halts plans to eliminate cash bail and other pretrial court changes CHICAGO — Just hours before the elimination of cash bail and other pretrial policies were supposed to go into effect, the Illinois Supreme Court on Saturday halted the implementation of the landmark policies statewide. Chicago Tribune · Jan 1, 2023
Despite legal limbo, Illinois' elimination of cash bail set to take effect Jan. 1 CHICAGO — The Illinois criminal justice system is set for a major makeover beginning Sunday, replacing a cash-bail structure with one that requires judges to more carefully weigh who among the accused should be held in custody before trial without using money as a factor. Chicago Tribune · Dec 30, 2022
Movement in the Tylenol murders: Law enforcement seeks to persuade prosecutors to act on ‘chargeable’ case CHICAGO — As the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Tylenol murders approaches, investigators are working with prosecutors on a now-or-maybe-never effort to hold a longtime suspect responsible for the poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, the Tribune has learned. Chicago Tribune · Sep 22, 2022
In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused CHICAGO — A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public and fellow cops of a 3-year-old state law aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of potentially… Chicago Tribune · Aug 9, 2022
Red flags missed: How July 4 suspect slipped through system Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped, or at least slowed down, the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from being able to buy the gun he is accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens more The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022
Illinois man accused of shooting neighbour’s dog in front of 10-year-old owner and her family The 61-year-old has been charged with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals and one count of reckless discharge of a firearm The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022