Madigan wielded the speaker’s gavel in Springfield for 36 years. Now he’s bracing to learn his fate June 13, when he’s due to ...

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.

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 ...

The former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagovich, also advised the Democratic Party to "put the people first for a change" ...

The latest pardons by President Donald Trump are another example of him flexing his power to bestow clemency on political ...

DEFENSE ATTORNEY TIM PROBASCO STOOD BEFORE THE JURY, SAYING TROY VICTORINO WILL BE PUNISHED, BUT DEATH IS NOT THE ANSWER. HE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO WORK 40 TO 60 HOURS A WEEK PAYING HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY.

The bulk of the first day of Rod Blagojevich's sentencing was given over to the defense's case for leniency, to the extent that the word was trending at Merriam-Webster (I'm always afraid of ...