Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers have reluctantly agreed to be ... which is the legal limit court-appointed lawyers can charge in federal cases. Big-name criminal defense attorneys often work on a flat-fee ...

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison ...

On Wednesday morning, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was called as a witness in the corruption trial of former governor Rod ... Blagojevich didn't commit any crimes," said Sheldon Sorosky, defense ...

George Ryan's corruption case overshadowed a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct in capital cases.

Terry Link leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with his lawyer, March 6 ... these recommendations that have been here since (Gov. Rod) Blagojevich was indicted” in 2009. Although it remains ...

Patrick Windhorst of Metropolis, the top Republican on the House Ethics & Elections Committee and the former state’s attorney for ... been here since (Gov. Rod) Blagojevich was indicted ...

At his 2001 trial, Hutchinson’s defense was based on his claim that two unknown ... Ryan was succeeded in office by Rod Blagojevich, who also served time in prison for federal corruption charges that ...

Hart is not the only one raising concerns about the deal. Former federal prosecutor Rick Mountcastle, who investigated Purdue ...

Defense attorneys for a Pinellas plastic surgeon accused of killing a Largo attorney have withdrawn from the case, citing ethical conflicts. A Pinellas judge on Thursday granted a request by ...

A criminal defense attorney is reacting after a judge declared a mistrial Thursday morning in the case of Christopher Schurr, a former Grand Rapids Police officer charged in the death of Patrick ...

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the possibility of disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich running for Dick Durbin’s Senate seat, Gov. Pritzker’s ...