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Judge: Former top Foxx deputy can be questioned over reasons to abandon prosecution of two men accused in double murder, child abductions
A federal judge has denied Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's attempt to block lawyers for Chicago cops from questioning her former top deputy Eric Sussman over the decision not to seek new trials for two men who had earlier confessed to helping kill a Chicago couple to take their children. -
Foxx seeks to block more questions for ex-top deputy over dropped prosecution of men for murders, child abductions
Lawyers for Chicago Police officers are seeking to question former Cook County FIrst Assistant State's Attorney Eric Sussman to learn how the State's Attorney's office reached the decision to walk away from the prosecution of two men who had earlier confessed to the murders of a Chicago couple in a plot to take their children. -
Judge blocks Foxx's bid to block questioning of former top deputies in wrongful murder conviction case
Depositions of former top Cook County prosecutors Eric Sussman and Mark Rotert could reveal "relevant information" on why the Cook County State's Attorney's Office under Kim Foxx didn't seek new trials for two men who had confessed in a brutal 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
Judge: 'Conspiracy theory' not enough to give accused cops' lawyers access to inmate's recorded phone calls
Lawyers for a group of Chicago Police officers being sued for allegedly coercing confessions in a brutal 1998 double murder and kidnapping said they should get access to recorded phone calls to determine if a woman at the center of the murder case was offered anything to change her testimony before a key deposition. A judge called it a "confusing conspiracy theory." -
Foxx's attempt to shut down questioning of ex-top deputies in wrongful conviction case 'untenable': Court filing
Lawyers for the city of Chicago and a group of Chicago police officers say they need to question two former top deputies of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, to answer why Foxx's office decided to walk away from a new trial for two men who had earlier confessed to a 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
Foxx asks judge to block questioning of ex-deputy in wrongful murder conviction civil rights case
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has asked a federal judge to prevent attorneys for police officers accused of coercing confession from man now cleared of murder charges. -
Appeals court says Cook County judicial candidate can't use Irish maiden name on ballot
A divided appellate court says the court would be 'blind' to not recognize the lawyer has gone by her married name for years. -
Elections board: Chicago lawyer who represented Burge can use Irish maiden name on ballot for judge election
The hearing board said it doesn't matter she's used her maiden name when practicing law or running for other offices. The objector has sought judicial review of that decision. -
Challenge filed vs judicial candidacy of lawyer who represented Burge, using Irish maiden name on ballot
A Chicago lawyer, who has defended police officers against misconduct charges, including Jon Burge, is seeking election as a Cook County judge, has been accused of attempting to use her Irish-sounding maiden name to confuse voters. -
Special prosecutor for Smollett case could have implications for Chicago's lawsuit vs actor over hoax investigation
A Cook County judge has ordered a special prosecutor to unravel the perplexities of the Jussie Smollett criminal case. And that could have ramifications for Chicago City Hall's lawsuit against Smollett, to seek recovery of the money the city spent investigating the alleged hoax. -
What's ahead for Smollett? Next steps could include civil lawsuits, questions over Foxx recusal
In the wake of the dismissal of charges vs actor Jussie Smollett, the city could have various cards left to play to recover the costs of the investigation or even reopen the case. -
Judge: Glenview lawyer can press suit accusing ex-husband, cop of false arrest, alleged plot to take kids
A Chicago federal judge has cut suburban Glenview from a civil rights lawsuit, but has refused to do the same for a Glenview detective and a surgeon, who are alleged to have framed the surgeon’s ex-wife on a false charge, to wrest from her custody of their children. -
PI counter sues for $25M claiming defamation involving Alstory Simon, Northwestern University saga
Nearly a year after his first attempt to sue was rejected by Chicago federal judge, private investigator Paul Ciolino has returned to court, this time in Cook County, claiming former Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez defamed him, partnered with others to ruin his career and set a murderer free to settle a score with Northwestern University. -
Hearings set next week in Alstory Simon’s $40 million wrongful incarceration suit
CHICAGO - A status hearing is set Oct. 2 in Alstory Simon's lawsuit against those he claims falsified evidence that implicated him and sent him to prison for a 1982 double murder. -
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. -
Man freed from prison claims Northwestern, others framed him for double murder to free another inmate
A man cleared of murder charges last year after spending more than a decade behind bars filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, accusing Northwestern University of turning a blind eye to the allegedly unethical and deceptive tactics being taught in a journalism class focused on investigating alleged wrongful convictions. -
Judge denies summary judgment motions in suit over police use of flash bang in drug-related raid
A federal lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was injured when the Chicago Police Department deployed a noise flash diversionary device in a drug raid will move forward after a judge earlier this month denied requests for summary judgment.