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Vadal Redmond holds her phone containing a photo of her daughter, Marseilles Redmond, with one of the diplomas from Lake Land College outside of the Skokie Courthouse on Friday, March 29, 2024, in Skokie. Marseilles has received two certificates in computer technology and one in food service. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

A woman who says she shot and killed abuser seeks early release after unfavorable Illinois Supreme Court decision

April 3, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Woman seeking resentencing under an Illinois law that allows domestic violence survivors to make a case to a judge for a lower sentence.

Actor Jussie Smollett listens as his sentence is read at a hearing on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois Supreme Court to hear Jussie Smollett appeal

November 21, 2024 at 11:23 a.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Jussie Smollett, the former "Empire" actor whose convictions for staging a hate crime caused fevered international media attention.

Amber Hailey, in multicolored hat, the mother of 7-year-old Amari Brown, who was shot and killed on the 4th of July in 2015, in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building following closing arguments in the murder trial for his slaying on March 21, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Two men convicted in killing of Amari Brown, 7, in 2015

June 9, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

Two men were convicted late Thursday in the killing of Amari Brown nearly nine years after the boy’s slaying, which spurred national news attention and calls for change.

The Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield is seen April 18, 2023. The Supreme Court changed rules for appealing pretrial detention decisions after appellate courts saw an “unprecedented and unsustainable” influx. A requirement that appellants file a motion in front of the trial judge asking to set aside the detention decision as a prerequisite for filing an appeal before an appellate court are among changes. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois Supreme Court makes changes amid ‘staggering’ increase in pretrial appeals over detention

March 18, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court has changed rules for appealing pretrial detention decisions after appellate courts have seen an unprecedented influx of cases.

Alicia Perkins, center, an aunt to the father of Jayden Perkins, holds balloons to release at a memorial on March 15, 2024, outside Jayden's home in Chicago. The 11-year-old Jayden was stabbed to death in his home. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

‘Never should have happened’: Police announce charges in stabbing that killed 11-year-old boy and injured his mother in Edgewater

March 15, 2024 at 8:08 p.m.

A man with a history of domestic abuse cases, released from prison just a day earlier, is charged with murder.

Amber Hailey, center, looks at a photo of her son, Amari Brown, 7, with her second cousin Debra Crews, right, outside her home in the 500 block of North Drake Avenue on July 5, 2015, after the 7-year-old was shot and killed outside his father's home in Humboldt Park overnight. (Michael Tercha/baiduhai)

‘He cried out, ‘Daddy”: Trial for men accused of killing 7-year-old Amari Brown in 2015 opens

June 9, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

Amari Brown stood at a little over 4 feet when he collapsed to the ground on the Fourth of July in 2015. The boy, 7, had gone out with his...

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Summit man accused of firing gun during Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

March 8, 2024 at 5:37 p.m.

A south suburban man is charged with breaching a police line during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. and firing a gun into the air,...

Elizabeth French, mother of slain Chicago police Officer Ella French, center left, and Chicago police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., center right, head to a courtroom for verdicts in the murder trial of Ella French at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Chicago. Emonte Morgan was found guilty of French's murder during a 2021 traffic stop. Yanez was shot and wounded during the incident. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Jury finds man guilty in slaying of CPD Officer Ella French

September 11, 2024 at 4:28 p.m.

A jury on Tuesday convicted a man of shooting and killing Chicago police Officer Ella French and injuring her partner after viewing harrowing body-camera footage and hearing emotional testimony from...

Chicago police investigate the scene where two officers were shot at 63rd Street and Bell Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2021. Officers Ella French and Carlos Yanez were shot. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Difficult bodycam footage marked first week of Officer Ella French trial

March 1, 2024 at 4:53 p.m.

Jurors viewed chaotic movements and heard screams as they watched police footage of the shootings of Officers Ella French and her partner Carlos Yanez during a traffic stop on Aug....

A Chicago Fire Department paramedic unfurals a flag at a memorial for Chicago police Officer Ella French in the 6300 block of South Bell Avenue, Aug. 10, 2021. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

‘I didn’t want to leave Ella’: Responding officers testify during Ella French trial

February 29, 2024 at 6:49 p.m.

Responding officers testified Thursday about their arrival to 63rd Street and Bell Avenue to find Ella French fatally wounded and her partner, Carlos Yanez Jr., clinging to life.

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