Oct 04, 2021 · The Cook County state’s attorney’s office, however, issued a statement that painted a different picture on why the charges were dropped. Prosecutors had “determined that the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof to approve felony charges,” Cristina Villareal, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s ...
2 days ago · The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a statement that after careful review prosecutors “concluded that the totality of the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof.” As ShotSpotter’s gunshot detection systems expand around the country, so has its use as courtroom evidence — including 91 cases in the past 4 ...
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office is facing criticism over its decision not to file charges in 7-year-old Serenity Broughton's murder.
Boy, 15, charged in retired Chicago firefighter Dwain Williams' Morgan Park shooting death. CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a retired Chicago firefighter earlier this month in Morgan Park.
After Williams left the shop, the boy and his two partners who were armed with gun s fired shots at Williams. Williams returned fired. Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Dennihan said police were able to connect a Ford Fusion recovered in Tinley Park to the group allegedly involved in the shooting.
As Maureen Maher and I sat in the Pacaccio home in 2010, their daughter had been dead 17 years! On a humid, foggy morning in August 1993, Rick Pacaccio went out a side door of his house, heading for his van parked in the driveway.
In 2008, Gargiulo was charged with two murders and an attempted murder of three young women in three separate attacks in southern California. Each woman was stabbed with a knife. The victims all lived near Los Angeles and Gargiulo was their neighbor.
(CBS) NEW YORK - "I'll tell you what," an angry Rick Pacaccio said. "I just might go to the county building and carry a sign around until I get justice for my daughter."
The test results showed that Tricia had been in contact with Michael Gargiulo, who back in 1993, lived a block away from the Pacaccios and was a high school friend of one of Tricia's brothers.
Petrone grants a motion by the prosecution to dismiss Williams's third post-conviction petition. She also rules that a challenge to his sentence of life in prison without parole (based on the Graham v. Florida U.S. Supreme Court decision) must be raised separately.
Illinois appellate court reverses Gaughan's decision, writing that given the seriousness of the offenses and affidavits contending that Williams is innocent, “fundamental fairness requires that defendant's postconviction claims receive full consideration on their merits.” Williams has been behind bars for more than 15 years.
Williams appeals Petrone's dismissal of his third post-conviction petition. He also seeks leave to file his fourth post-conviction petition, which, unlike the other petitions, is focused on challenging his sentence.
The confession was the only evidence the jury heard that directly connected Williams to the double murder and rape; the statements by Hamelin, Chambers, and Johnson, as codefendants, were not admissible at trial.
Felicia Lewis and Reginald Wilson are shot dead after their car is hijacked. Their bodies are found, and an investigation begins. Four people who are eventually charged with the crime are arrested.
Darnell Bridges was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm, in connection with the accidental shooting of an off-duty policeman during a gang dispute in 1998. The police took Bridges, then 17, into custody, and he gave a custodial statement to police while his parents tried without success to persuade Turner to let them see their son. As it rejected Bridges’ post-conviction claim that the confession was not given voluntarily, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals wrote it that it was “disturbed” with the police tactics, saying their technique “gives us pause” and should be reconsidered.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Montgomery v. Louisiana holds that the Miller v. Alabama decision, which prohibits mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of homicide, applies retroactively.
The Williams County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 15, to appoint Jaakan Williams the county’s next State’s Attorney.
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