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Illinois Police Officers Not Charged In Fatal Shooting Case

Illinois police officers not charged in fatal shooting of unarmed man in Carol Stream. Legal justification cited due to lack of evidence.

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Chicago-area man charged in connection to Juneteenth party shooting where 1 died and 22 were hurt

Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a June shooting where one person died and 22 others were injured

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Highland Park, a year later: Use of state’s ‘red flag’ gun laws jumps in wake of parade killings

In the immediate aftermath of last year’s mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade came the expected questions when such a tragedy unfolds: Who was the gunman? Where had his weapon come from?

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Illinois' state witness protection program finally gets millions in funding, but has yet to get off the ground

CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years of its existence.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Supreme Court halts plans to eliminate cash bail and other pretrial court changes

CHICAGO — Just hours before the elimination of cash bail and other pretrial policies were supposed to go into effect, the Illinois Supreme Court on Saturday halted the implementation of the landmark policies statewide.

Chicago Tribune

Despite legal limbo, Illinois' elimination of cash bail set to take effect Jan. 1

CHICAGO — The Illinois criminal justice system is set for a major makeover beginning Sunday, replacing a cash-bail structure with one that requires judges to more carefully weigh who among the accused should be held in custody before trial without using money as a factor.

Chicago Tribune

Movement in the Tylenol murders: Law enforcement seeks to persuade prosecutors to act on ‘chargeable’ case

CHICAGO — As the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Tylenol murders approaches, investigators are working with prosecutors on a now-or-maybe-never effort to hold a longtime suspect responsible for the poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, the Tribune has learned.

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In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused

CHICAGO — A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public and fellow cops of a 3-year-old state law aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of potentially…

Chicago Tribune

Red flags missed: How July 4 suspect slipped through system

Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped, or at least slowed down, the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from being able to buy the gun he is accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens more

The Independent UK

Illinois man accused of shooting neighbour’s dog in front of 10-year-old owner and her family

The 61-year-old has been charged with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals and one count of reckless discharge of a firearm

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