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After years of debate and preparation, elimination of cash bail begins in Illinois
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDuring a detention hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Monday afternoon, an assistant...
Court vacates convictions in 1992 murder case connected to disgraced CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStanding at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Monday morning fresh from learning that a judge...
The feds want to garnish R. Kelly's royalty payments and give the money to 2 of his victims
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoR. Kelly, left, stands in court before Judge Lawrence Flood at Leighton Criminal Court Building in...
Judge bans Cook County prosecutors’ new Conviction Review Unit boss from courtroom, alleging...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA judge has taken the unusual step of seeking to ban a Cook County prosecutor from his courtroom,...
In always-busy Cook County court, high-profile cases likely to make news in 2023
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 2022 at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail after he was convicted the year before in arguably the most highly publicized Cook County trial ...
R. Kelly reportedly got engaged to one of his alleged victims before his sentencing
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoR. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago in 2019. (Antonio...
Chicago police officer pleads not guilty to felony aggravated battery for videotaped school incident
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA veteran Chicago police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony aggravated battery for...
Evidence of R. Kelly's sham marriage and alleged sexual abuse of Aaliyah won't come up in his...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agon this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal...
Prosecutors: Chicago police officers lied about on-duty shooting
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAs prosecutors closed their case against two Chicago police officers Wednesday at the Leighton...
Experimental neighborhood courts will expand to the suburbs for the first time, Cook County chief...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCook County will expand its restorative justice court program to the suburbs for the first time with...