Dashboard camera footage of Jason Van Dyke firing 16 shots at Laquan McDonald went a long way toward convincing a jury last fall that the 2014 shooting was an act of murder. But the same video did not convince a Cook County judge that three of Van Dyke’s fellow officers were part of a cover-up that began after the shooting.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker authorized state regulation of firearms dealers Thursday in a reversal of his predecessor’s policy and prompting a gun owners group to threaten legal action against Illinois.
Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, closing one of the most racially fraught and socially significant chapters in recent Chicago history.
After spending eight years and two months behind bars for the murder of a 20-year-old Danville man almost a decade ago, Lafayette Harper will soon walk free.
A trio of appellate court judges threw out a South Peoria man’s armed robbery conviction from two years ago, saying the trial record here didn’t indicate if jurors understood the law.
A partner at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, previously at Kirkland & Ellis, is accused of overbilling clients at both firms.
State Sen. John Curran has been selected to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices.
