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A federal jury in Chicago found that most of the six killings reputed members of Chicago's Goonie gang were convicted of this week were not carried out in a “cold, calculated and premeditated manner.” → Read More
After more than four days of deliberations, jurors in the federal racketeering case against a South Side gang told the judge Wednesday that they “have reached a stalemate.” → Read More
A Tribune analysis of available state data shows that in the year since the Highland Park mass shooting, there has been greater use of state laws intended to prevent people with troubled backgrounds from having firearms. → Read More
Heather Mack scheduled to enter guilty plea during an in-person hearing in federal court in Chicago on Friday. → Read More
Prosecutors in Minnesota have decided to drop charges against R. Kelly, noting that the disgraced R&B singer has already been sentenced to decades behind bars on two separate federal convictions. → Read More
The jury has reached a verdict in the “ComEd Four” bribery trial centered on a group of former executives and lobbyists accused of conspiring to bribe then-House Speaker Michael Madigan. → Read More
After a long weekend, a federal jury has returned Monday for a fourth day of deliberations in the “ComEd Four” trial . → Read More
In a move that could help speed up prosecution of notoriously slow criminal cases, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office will more comprehensively store and track digital evidence. → Read More
A federal jury deliberated for a third day Thursday without reaching a verdict in the “ComEd Four” trial. → Read More
A federal jury has resumed deliberations in the “ComEd Four” trial alleging a group of executives and lobbyists conspired to bribe then-House Speaker Michael Madigan to win his influence. → Read More
Murder defendants typically linger in jail longer than a presidential term. For those wrongfully accused, the process costs years with their families on the outside. → Read More
Here's how Cook County’s massive criminal court system has evolved over the course of a century, and the problems along the way. → Read More
R. Kelly’s Cook County cases continue to move at a snail’s pace, despite a judge’s past urging to make progress now that the singer’s two federal trials have concluded. → Read More
Two months after R. Kelly’s second federal trial concluded, there has been no apparent movement in his Cook County cases. → Read More
A recent motion by attorneys for R. Kelly’s former business manager lifted the curtain on secretive grand jury proceedings. → Read More
Authorities investigating the 2011 slaying of a Chicago police officer concealed evidence to pin the case on the three men who were ultimately charged, attorneys for one of the men allege in a new court filing. → Read More
For the second time in less than a year, Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly finds himself convicted of serious federal child sex crimes and staring at a lengthy prison term. → Read More
A federal jury in Chicago on Wednesday convicted disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges for making videotapes of himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter decades ago. → Read More
Jurors deliberating in R. Kelly’s Chicago federal trial sent a note to Judge Harry Leinenweber on Wednesday afternoon saying they were “undecided on two counts on two defendants.” → Read More
Jurors in R. Kelly’s Chicago federal trial were excused Tuesday evening after deliberating less than four hours. → Read More