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Calandra Hulitt is seen in Chicago on March 22, 2021, after having been from prison. She was convicted of murder in the death of her child in 1999. A judge recently agreed to release her based on her rehabilitation.

Prosecutors and judge agree that after 20 years in prison, mother deserves mercy and a new shot at life

March 24, 2021 at 7:04 a.m.

Calandra Hulitt still faced trial and sentencing when Cook County prosecutor Jennifer Coleman took over the young mother's murder case nearly 20 years ago. Then recently assigned to Courtroom 207...

Stateville Correctional Center, a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, on March 30, 2020.

About 1,000 Illinois prisoners to be released under COVID-19 lawsuit settlement

March 23, 2021 at 11:32 a.m.

About 1,000 Illinois prison inmates nearing the end of their sentences could soon be released under a settlement announced Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed as the COVID-19 pandemic was...

Attorney Rachel White-Domain, director of the Women and Survivors Project, on March 15, 2021, in Chicago.

New legal clinic concentrates on cases of women languishing in the system for crimes against alleged abusers

March 16, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

It is not disputed that in June 2007 Tewkunzi Green fatally stabbed her boyfriend. Green testified to as much at her trial, but also telling a Peoria jury that she...

Alexa James, CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will be the Chicago Police Department's new senior adviser to address increased concerns over the mental health of officers.

Shaken by recent suicides in the ranks, Chicago police announce plan for new senior adviser on mental health

March 10, 2021 at 4:44 p.m.

With the Chicago Police Department still reeling from a pair of suicides in its ranks last week, police leaders on Wednesday announced plans to bring in a new senior adviser...

Diera White, 10, finishes her online classwork at her grandmother's home while seated next to her mother, Chrissie Cobb on March 4, 2021, in Zion. Diera's father, Dwayne White, has spent the past 10 years of a 25-year sentence in federal prison, charged in a discredited federal sting operation, and is seeking early release on compassionate grounds.

‘Stash house’ stings have been discredited. Now, the convicted see a chance for redemption.

March 6, 2021 at 11:16 a.m.

One evening in August 2009, Dwayne White had dinner with his mother Wanda in her far north suburban home and told her he was going home to bed. The 22-year-old...

Chicago police Officers Karita Tutwiler, from left, J'mal Riley, Sgt. Jermaine Harris, and Akiba McKinney have formed the Black Public Safety Alliance, a new association for Black officers, outside Stone Temple Church on Feb. 24, 2021, where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached.

Black officer organization announces goal to make policing more just, and a ‘symbol of safety and hope’

February 28, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

Organizers of the newly formed Black Public Safety Alliance, which includes dozens of Black Chicago police officers, pledged Sunday to take a leadership role in demanding and building a more...

Chicago police Officer Akiba McKinney speaks outside Stone Temple Church along with fellow officers J'mal Riley, left, and Sgt. Jermaine Harris on Feb. 24, 2021.

Black Chicago police officers band together for new voice during reckoning over racism in law enforcement

February 26, 2021 at 7:49 a.m.

Black officers in the Chicago Police Department are forming their own professional organization to lend perspective amid long-standing tensions between law enforcement and communities of color, they said, and to...

Chicago police official resigns amid investigation of bar party that led to citations for COVID-19 safety violations

February 24, 2021 at 7:09 p.m.

A high-ranking Chicago police official resigned from the department Wednesday, weeks after an investigation began into a bar party allegedly held for him which led to the business being cited...

Ald. Brendan Reilly speaks during a news conference at Milton Lee Olive Park in Chicago on Aug. 14, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says investigation into attack on alderman outside River North bar is appropriate: ‘We have an obligation to investigate it’

February 23, 2021 at 6:32 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday said she called for an investigation into the attack against an alderman outside a downtown Chicago bar in part because he's an elected official and...

42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly speaks during a news conference in May 2020 at North Avenue Beach in Chicago.

Chicago alderman says he was attacked by two men while waiting outside downtown bar: ‘Out of nowhere this guy ran up on me.’

February 22, 2021 at 7:05 p.m.

Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly said he was randomly attacked one night last week by two men who punched and kicked him outside a bar in his ward. Reilly said he...

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