Breaking legal news for Thursday, July 16
Nation
- Sotomayor testimony completed, AP
- Sessions: Senate to vote on Sotomayor before August recess, Wall Street Journal
- Day 4 of the Sotomayor hearings, ABA Journal
- Homeless man, jailed for failing to support boy who wasn't his, is freed, ABA Journal
State
- Whitney to run for governor again, Champaign News-Gazette
Central Illinois
- Machines no longer a gamble, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Teen impostor cop gets probation in car case, Chicago Sun-Times
- Prosecutors want man accused of setting woman on fire committed, Daily Herald
- Man dies in holding cell after court sentencing, Daily Herald
- Lawmakers call for tighter rules for red-light cameras, Daily Herald
- Push begins to keep ex-priest under lock and key, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Effort to change Illinois election law begins, Quad-City Times
- Courthouse, jail expansion plan approved, DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Southern Illinois
- Court shuts down Illinois resort over mold problems, Belleville News-Democrat