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A bid to have the sentence of triple murderer Nicholas Prosper increased to a whole-life order is due to be heard on 16 July.
Glenn Hart was convicted of first and second-degree murder in 1997 and sentenced to two life sentences: one without the possibility of parole and one that gave him a chance at release.
Ni'Shawn Jackson, 18, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested following the execution of multiple search and arrest warrants.
Dilan D. Jiron, 29, also admitted in U.S. District Court on Monday afternoon that he conspired to use firearms to further his ...
When The Dispatch visited the home on July 7, there was dried blood in the shape of footprints on the front porch.
A nonprofit born out of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is urging the Maine Attorney General's Office to revisit how more ...
What happened last year demonstrates how the intersection of guns and intimate partner violence can have wide-reaching and permanent consequences.
After a fatal mass shooting at a rented "party house," Columbus is considering more regulations on Airbnb, Vrbo and other ...
The July Fourth weekend gave Chicagoans some reason for encouragement on violent crime. And some reason for despair.
Illinois pays an estimated $18.6 billion a year toward firearm injury and death. Firearm manufacturers share none of these costs.
It was a jarring act of violence that again put Chicago in an unwanted spotlight and left River North on edge. A drive-by shooting into a crowd of people waiting outside a lounge on Chicago Avenue ...