Grim prospects for inmates who traveled on bus to freedom months ago
As he rode home on a Greyhound bus earlier this year, 19-year-old Dennis Rodriguez swore he had learned his lesson. He would do whatever he could, he said, to stay...
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Police insider said Chicago detective beat confession from rape suspect
From the moment Carl Chatman was arrested in a clerk's rape at the Daley Center in May 2002, doubts existed about his guilt. No forensic evidence connected Chatman to the...
One Dream helps low-income seniors fulfill small wishes
For most of her 92 years, Diana York loved the opera. She first went when she was 19 and said it was a rare year that she didn't catch at...
Convicted burglar held in prison nearly five months too long
When Malik Erkins went to prison last June for breaking into two cars, he knew his exact release date: Dec. 28, 2014. But that date came and went with the...
Convicted murderer hopes latest fire science proves innocence
At the time 14-year-old Adam Gray was arrested for setting a fire that killed two people, the evidence that the fire had been intentionally set seemed unassailable. After all, fire...
Burge reparations deal a product of long negotiations
For one attorney, the pursuit of former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge and the torture of African-Americans spanned a good portion of his career, nearly three decades in which disbelief...
Mayor backs $5.5 million reparations deal for Burge police torture victims
The city of Chicago on Tuesday sought to put to rest one of its most persistent scandals, proposing a $5.5 million reparations fund for dozens of torture victims connected to...
Man freed after 20 years in prison for Waukegan murder gets $20 million
Authorities have reached a $20 million settlement with a man who spent two decades in prison before he was cleared by DNA of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old...
Yellow Cab bankruptcy means couple may not see ‘a dime’ of $26M verdict
The company that operates Yellow Cab in Chicago filed for bankruptcy protection early Wednesday, just hours after a Cook County jury awarded nearly $26 million to a real estate executive...
Newly released inmates take Greyhound bus to freedom
Barron Shannon left prison for the fourth time in less than a decade on a Greyhound bus. He had some photos and letters from home in a Manila envelope, a...