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Cook County looking at bond court changes
Tribune reporterCook County Jail inmates stuck behind bars because they can't come up with small amounts of money to go free while awaiting trial for non-violent offenses will automatically go before judges to possibly get their bail reduced under a plan announced by...Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Prosecution, Cook County Government, Justice System, Defendants
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After 16 years in prison, man cleared in '94 Waukegan slaying
Chicago TribuneAfter spending 16 years in prison for a murder that authorities now say he did not commit, James Edwards today was cleared of the 1994 killing of a Waukegan appliance store owner. At a hearing in Lake County Circuit Court this morning, Assistant State&...Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Illinois Supreme Court rejects Republican remap challenge
Clout StreetThe Illinois Supreme Court today rejected a Republican challenge to have the state’s new Democratic-drawn legislative map tossed as unconstitutional. The remap challenge was decided on a 4-3 party-line decision. In February, House Republican...Tags: Christine Radogno, Republican Party, Tom Cross, Lemont, Illinois Governor
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Federal judge strikes down part of Chicago's gun law
Tribune reportersChicago's firearm ordinance took another blow Tuesday when a federal judge ruled that the section banning permits for people convicted of unlawful use of a weapon is vague and unconstitutional. The city must now decide whether to appeal the ruling or...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Monday, June 25, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Jonathon Brandmeier 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 9:35 a.m. Mike McConnell tries to figure out why the Illinois Supreme Court ruled it illegal to take pictures of something that IS legal. 12 - 3 p.m. John Williams 2:05 p.m. ...Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Tom Skilling, Superman (fictional character)
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By George, ‘Leighton Courthouse’ shows how to play the naming game
Change of SubjectGeorge N. Leighton, 6/29/2012. Tribune photo by Terence Antonio James In a startling break with tradition, Cook County has just named its central courthouse after former Judge George N. Leighton. The tradition I’m referring to isn’t the long-... -
Beleaguered nursing home manages to expel 2 state monitors
Two years into the state's fight to close a troubled South Side nursing home, the facility remains open and even has successfully booted out two state-appointed monitors who were installed to ensure patient safety. Police reports and state health...
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When Labor Day was born
On America's mental calendar, Labor Day marks summer's end with a reminder to close up beach cottages and get the kids to school. But the circumstances of its birth were bloodier. Legislation declaring the first Monday in September a national holiday...Tags: Grover Cleveland, Career and Workplace, U.S. Army, Justice System, Labor Day
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Generous rules govern aldermen's pensions
Tribune reportersWhen Chicago aldermen floated a proposal in 1987 to boost their city pensions dramatically, Mayor Harold Washington's administration dismissed it as an arrogant ploy that lacked even a cursory cost analysis. Three years later, the proposal still didn't...Tags: Richard F. Mell, 311 (music group), Edward M. Burke, Cook County Government, Interior Policy
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New local GOP chairman predicts ongoing opposition to 3rd airport
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsNewly-elected Will County Republican Chairman Ed Ronkowski predicts opposition to construction of a commercial airport near Peotone and rising taxes will be major issues for …... -
Federal appeals court backs 2010 layoffs of CPS teachers
Tribune reporterThe federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a February ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court, ruling that Chicago Public Schools did not violate the rights of tenured teachers when the district laid off nearly 750 of them during sweeping staff...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Group seeks more hearings on Burge-connected cases
Tribune reporterA group of influential politicians, judges and lawyers today called on the Illinois Supreme Court to order hearings into allegations that at least 15 men remain imprisoned despite allegations they were tortured into confessing by disgraced former...Tags: Justice System, Jon Burge, Rape, James Robert Thompson, Crime, Law and Justice
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