Thursday, May 7, 2026
All four plaintiffs were arrested while protesting; two were charged but their cases were dismissed. They allege the cheek swabs used to collect their DNA violated their Fourth Amendment rights and created a chilling effect on free speech, according to the suit.
Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s rising again.
As 10th anniversary approaches, many districts remain underfunded, according to state data.
Attorneys for one of two Mexican men who claim they were illegally coerced into confessing to helping murder a Chicago couple to help a woman kidnap their children are asking a court to keep jurors from seeing sworn testimony from former Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx which could be used to show the men's claims of "innocence" may not hold up.
New data from a statewide database says violent retail theft is on the rise.