Disparately resourced public defenders prepare for the end of cash bail in Illinois
Illinois on Monday will become the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature — ...
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Ahead of cash bail’s end, state’s replacement pretrial justice system takes shape
Beginning Monday, state courts in Illinois will be prohibited from jailing individuals who are accused – but not convicted – ...
UPDATED: Jury convicts Madigan’s longtime chief of staff on perjury, obstruction of justice charges
A federal jury has convicted the once-top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding Tim Mapes guilty on ...
Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose ‘loyalty over truth’
After a nearly three-week trial that pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...
As perjury trial draws to close, ex-Madigan aide leans on memory science, wife in defense
In more than two weeks of his obstruction of justice and perjury trial, one fact about the longtime chief of ...
Former lawmaker testifies Madigan confidant urged him to resign at behest of speaker
In the fall of 2018, then-state Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, thought he might have been in line for a big ...
Ex-Madigan aide was warned several times that lying to grand jury would result in perjury charges
Nearly six months after former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was forced to fire his longtime chief of staff, those ...
Emails shown at trial detail Madigan world’s response to 2018 sexual harassment scandal
In early 2018, longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was facing a sexual harassment scandal that his closest advisors worried ...
‘The feds are still after me and our Friend:’ jury sees email exchanges between Madigan confidants
After the FBI raided his western Illinois home in May 2019, Mike McClain – an influential lobbyist and close confidant ...
Firearms industry could face lawsuits for deceptive marketing under new law
A new law in Illinois restricts the way gun dealers and manufacturers can market and sell their products and subjects ...
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