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Evanston police chief posted suspects' photos to Snapchat; federal lawsuit allowed to continue
The police chief said the posts were intended to aid police investigations, and he did not intend to post the photos publicly. -
Man who says was wrongly jailed can continue unlawful detention claim vs Chicago: Appeals court
A former Cook County Jail inmate who claims he was unlawfully detained based on alleged false testimony by police officers can move forward with a claim his constitutional rights under the Fourth Amendment were violated. -
Judge: Reporters can't moonlight as attorneys and expect to be shielded in court
Protections for reporters do not permanently extend to lawyers moonlighting as filmmakers, according to a federal judge in Chicago. -
P.I.'s $25M defamation countersuit tossed in Alstory Simon, Northwestern U. false murder charges case
Saying the cases are only “technically related" and would bog each other down, a Chicago federal judge has tossed a $25 millioncountersuit for defamation brought against the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, a documentary filmmaker and other defendants, by a private investigator, who is one of the defendants facing a $40 million malicious prosecution lawsuit from a man, cleared of double murder charges, who claims the P.I. and a Northwestern University journalism professor coerced him into -
Man cleared of double murder OK'd to sue Northwestern, journalism professor he says put him behind bars
A man whose conviction on double murder charges was vacated after it was revealed a Northwestern University journalism professor and the investigator with whom he worked had allegedly falsified evidence implicating him in the killings has won the chance to continue with his lawsuit against the university and the people he alleged wrongly put him behind bars to boost their own prestige and careers.
