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A Cook County judge found Kevin Walker not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct in a 2023 incident involving a 15-year-old at the juvenile jail.

A Cook County judge found Kevin Walker not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct in a 2023 incident involving a 15-year-old at the juvenile jail.

Scientists who receive the Nobel Prize and other accolades do more-novel work both before and after winning, new research finds.

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...

Chicago Reader print issue of August 14, 2025 (Volume 54, Number 45).

How a rogue forensics lab in Chicago got people wrongfully convicted for driving high.

This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the Investigative Project on Race and EquityWhen Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home

After North Carolina's previous governor granted clemency to people sentenced to life in prison as minors, others with juvenile life sentences are hoping for a new administration that also believes in...

Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.

Facing eviction? New Cook County programs aim to help keep people in their homes. Here’s what you need to know about navigating eviction proceedings.