Justice

A 31-year-old Justice man is facing 12 felony charges in connection to the theft of retail goods with a value totaling over $800,000, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Thursday.

An emotional prayer vigil was held Wednesday evening for the 14 victims of a mass shooting in East Garfield Park on Halloween evening.

Dozens of people gathered at a suburban cemetery Friday, calling for changes to decoration policies after people said their loved ones crosses were removed from plots. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

The prosecution said it wants jurors to be able to consider what are often called “lesser included charges.” Those lesser charges can give the jury an option when there is not a strong case for the charged offenses.

A 64-year-old woman was fatally struck by a vehicle Friday in suburban Justice. Deborah Paris was struck by a vehicle about 6:30 p.m. at 83rd Street and 88th Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She was pronounced dead about half an hour later. An autopsy conducted Saturday ruled her death an accident, the medical examiner’s office...

A judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of six men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant’s team, bringing to 100 the number of overturned convictions linked to a years-long scheme to shake down residents of one of the city’s poorest communities.

President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Joe Biden generated headlines in February with a debate-stage promise to name the first Black female Supreme Court justice if he wins the White House

Members of a federal appeals court signaled Tuesday that they will likely let a lower court judge decide whether to dismiss criminal charges against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, NBC News reported. After more than three hours of oral argument conducted by telephone conference call, a majority of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seemed...

Ben Crump, the attorney for George Floyd’s family, spoke at the memorial for Floyd and called for people to stand up to evil.

Roger Stone, the associate of President Donald Trump convicted of witness tampering and lying to Congress, is due to face sentencing on Thursday even as he continues to argue for a new trial. The case received renewed attention when federal prosecutors quit after Attorney General William Barr overruled their initial sentencing recommendation after it was filed. The move came after...

President Donald Trump’s associate Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than 3 years in prison on obstruction and perjury charges by a judge who has come under attack by the president as he assails the case against Stone.  Judge Amy Berman Jackson moved forward with Stone’s sentencing on seven felonies after Attorney General Bill Barr overruled his own...

For the fifth time, the Cook County State’s Attorney has approved mass exonerations for a group of men wrongly convicted of drug crimes while under investigation by corrupt Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. In a courtroom at 26th and California, Judge LeRoy Martin, Jr. on Tuesday morning approved a motion by attorneys of 12 men to vacate the convictions. Later,…

A new exhibit now on display at the Illinois Holocaust Museum highlights the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Scott Neville sent staffers to the Cook County Assessor’s office Friday to clear up controversy surrounding a Homeowners Exemption he erroneously received on a Bronzeville property, according to the office.

Following a report from NBC 5 Investigates earlier this week, Illinois Democrats are asking for clarification on a homeowners exemption received by a state Supreme Court justice before they endorse him for re-election to a full 10-year term.

Following a report from NBC 5 Investigates, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Scott Neville has asked the Cook County Assessor what the procedure is for repaying the Homeowners Exemption he erroneously received, the assessor’s office said.

An Illinois Supreme Court Justice has received a homeowners exemption on a home where he doesn’t live, NBC 5 Investigates found.

The family of a toddler who died after falling out the window of a cruise ship in Puerto Rico earlier this month told TODAY in an exclusive interview that the cruise company’s negligence “cost our child her life.” “We obviously blame them for not having a safer situation on the 11th floor of that cruise ship. There are a million...