illinois

February 7, 2017 (Fault Lines) – When Maria Ridulph was kidnapped in Sycamore, Illinois in 1957, no one knew the case would grow far beyond an abduction and murder. The nation’s oldest and coldest murder case...

January 24, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Taxes are the scourge of our existence. They are so hated they are often mentioned in the same breath as death. Most people will do anything to avoid them. But...

December 22, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Usually the phrase, “I fought the law and the law won,” is a truism in the justice system. There are, however, rare moments where the little guy fights the law and...

December 19, 2016 (Fault Lines) –  Ed. Note: The question was raised whether Kim Foxx, the new Cook County, Illinois, State’s Attorney, who defeated Anita Alvarez, would do any better. Foxx announced some changes to her office’s...

December 19, 2016 (Fault Lines) –  Ed. Note: The question was raised whether Kim Foxx, the new Cook County, Illinois, State’s Attorney, who defeated Anita Alvarez, would do any better. Foxx announced some changes to her office’s...

November 21, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In Illinois, a victims’ rights advocate named Denise Rotheimer is pushing a for a new “right” to be added to the list: crime victims should get lawyers at public expense. Her...

November 7, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Meet Officer Denis Lawler, who, until recently was regarded by his employer, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District in Chicago, as “highly effective” and whose conduct “sets an example for others...

August 12, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Illinois gets a bad rap over police misconduct.  Despite the best efforts of independent review boards and oversight groups, the state’s citizens continue to develop troubling injuries and deaths during police...

Aug. 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Illinois, that bastion of progressivism, is at it again. The Chicago Tribune reports that Governor Bruce Rauner, who is currently on vacation in Montana, picked up his pen Friday, August...

Aug. 24, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — We’ve talked about police involved shootings and the investigations conducted, along with the lack of prosecution. We’ve talked about how district and state’s attorneys are not willing to take these...