Antonio Porter walked out of Cook County jail Monday night after a judge ordered his release, more than 20 years after his ...

The 50-year-old was in prison since 2003, convicted in a deadly 2002 shooting of a man during a dice game. Porter has always ...

Judge Tyria Walton vacated a 2003 conviction and ordered Antonio Porter released on electronic monitoring pending retrial.

A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors ...

Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over a mass with Cook County inmates Sunday morning in the maximum-security ...

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When we learned that the man who allegedly set 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on fire on a Blue Line train last month not only had been arrested more than 70 times but was also out on electronic monitoring ...

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