“It’s not enough just to put a person in the chair, you’ve got to make sure ... program in 1989 to reduce overcrowding in the Cook County Jail. It was intended to monitor “low-level ...

Arrest, conviction and sentence: Arrested on May 14, 1983. Kraft was pulled over by California Highway Patrol for weaving, and officers found a dead body in the front passenger seat. He was convicted ...

On Wednesday, after receiving details of his vehicular manslaughter case, I called Boyer and asked if he were aware that the victim, Rebecca Lynn Taylor, had been chair of the San Diego County ...

"Mikal chose the firing squad instead of being burned and mutilated in the electric chair, or suffering a lingering death on ... Electrocution, King said, would "burn and cook" Sigmon alive, while ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Drivers have a chance to wipe the slate clean on certain traffic violations, according to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Amnesty Week is back for the first time since ...

died in a Cook County Jail Sunday afternoon, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. Miguel Alvarado, 36, was found unresponsive in the shower area of the residential treatment facility ...

Sean Morrison announced Saturday that he will resign effective April 14 as Cook County Republican chairman after nine years, saying it was time to infuse “new energy” into the GOP leadership ...

An inmate at the Will County Jail allegedly threw a cup of urine at a correctional officer and a civilian employee on Monday.

CHICAGO — Now in its second decade, the Cook County Jail chess program is thriving, competing internationally and above all — it’s working. WGN News spent time at the jail to learn about the ...

The sheriff launched the electronic monitoring program in 1989 to reduce overcrowding in the Cook County Jail. It was intended to monitor “low-level, nonviolent offenders” and ensure they ...

Lavette Mayes had already spent 425 days locked up in the Cook County jail when she found herself in front of a judge in 2016. The Chicago Community Bond Fund had just helped her buy her freedom ...