The Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with the case of Patrick Daley Thompson, a former Chicago alderman and member of Chicago’s most storied political dynasty. Thompson served four months in a ...

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago that upheld the conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson, who served four months in a federal prison for making false ...

TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Wednesday rejected a request by abortion-rights supporters to allow a circuit judge to rule on the legality of a revised “financial impact statement” that would appear ...

We are all familiar with the principle that a trial witness may be confronted with a prior inconsistent out-of-court statement on cross examination, which has implications in every trial where the ...

Prosecutors can use a Pittsburgh rape defendant’s own words against him at trial after the state Supreme Court refused to suppress a statement he made to police, who falsely told him he was not a ...