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New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced prosecutors are required to ask judges to keep people charged with a host of violent and heinous crimes in jail while they await trial. Reports also indicated O'Neill Burke would more aggressively prosecute shoplifting
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Eileen O'Neill Burke won the race for Cook County State's Attorney. During her campaign, the former judge pledged to undo many of the policies put in place by outgoing State's Attorney Kim Foxx, who has been heavily criticized for being soft on crime and helping to fuel Chicago's and Cook County's crime problems
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Jackson particularly said he believes Fioretti has been more committed to the cause of civil rights than Democratic nominee, retired IL Appeals Court Justice Eileen O'Neill Burke. Jackson's attack mirrors that used against Burke in the Democratic primary by allies of outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx
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A Chicago Police officer has become the latest cop to sue the Cook County State's Attorney. This officer accuses Foxx for wrongly charging him for injuries suffered by suspect who was next to another who shot at officers
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Attorneys for Chicago Police officers accused of misconduct are pushing back against attempts by lawyers representing Jose Cruz, who was exonerated while serving a 90-year sentence over the murder of Antwane Douglas, to secure a trove of depositions from other cases that the city's lawyers say would be used to file more lawsuits
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Most exonerations are based not on new evidence indicating innocence, but on extraordinary claims that police tortured suspects, fabricated evidence and colluded with prosecutors to win guilty verdicts.
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Former Chicago Police Sgt. Michael Vitellaro says Park Ridge cops and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx wrongly prosecuted him after he acted within his lawful authority, capitulating to a public pressure campaign from activists who demanded his arrest for detaining a "young man" who had his son's stolen bike
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Cook County State's Attorney candidate Robert Fioretti called Kim Foxx's new policy unconstitutional and a 'dereliction of duty' which would make unsafe neighborhoods worse. His opponent in the race to replace Foxx, former judge Eileen O'Neill Burke has not weighed in on the policy critics say will further bind police vs violent crime
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After 10 days of counting ballots, ex-judge Eileen O'Neill Burke claimed victory and promised to follow through on her pledges to reverse controversial prosecutorial policies of current State's Attorney Kim Foxx. She defeated Clayton Harris III, who had the backing of Chicago Democratic Party bosses and left-wing activists
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A poll from survey firm M3 Strategies says retired judge Eileen O'Neill Burke, who has pledged to undo many of the perceived soft on crime policies of current Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, is tied at 21% with attorney Clayton Harris III, who is endorsed by allies of Foxx and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Retired Appellate Justice Eileen O'Burke says she will restore strong prosecution of gun crimes and retail theft in Chicago and elsewhere. Clayton Harris III, who is endorsed by Chicago political bosses, says he believes current State's Attorney Foxx has earned top grades and he will continue many of her policies and goals
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Backed by George Soros and progressive Illinois Dems, Foxx's prosecutorial philosophy gained international notoriety over her handling of the Jussie Smollett case. She has also repeatedly clashed with Chicago mayor, cops over handling of criminal cases
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State's Attorneys must disclose witnesses’ credibility problems—but what happens when they themselves aren’t telling the truth?
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The search for the real killer of teenagers Jerry Hillard and girlfriend Marilyn Green is at the heart of an upcoming defamation case that a legal scholar says carries “national importance.”
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Republican candidate for Illinois Attorney General says it is time for the state to begin investigating whether Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has violated the law in deciding how and when to prosecute crimes
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A former Cook County corrections officer said an administrator within the Cook County Sheriff's Office discouraged him from applying for leave, and judges said that is enough to allow his lawsuit to continue
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The highest court in Illinois has ruled Cook County was wrong to refuse to continue disability benefits to a terminated employee with a nervous system disease, saying termination does not trigger a halt to such benefits.
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The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the Illinois state constitution's transportation lockbox amendment applies to local governments, just as to the state
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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a woman convicted of battering a child in Cook County, gets a new trial because the judge never swore in the jury, despite the fact the woman never objected until the appellate stage, saying the swearing of the jury, is a "defining moment that substantially impacts many crucial facets of the criminal jury trial process."
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A judge has dismissed one of two plaintiffs from a suit accusing Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough of laying off employees because of their political affiliations, saying the dismissed plaintiff didn't put forth enough evidence to "get out of the gate."
