Derrion Albert Murder

WATCH: Emanuel Attends Memorial For 260 Chicago Children Killed By Violence

Posted 01.02.2012

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was among the attendees at a Monday memorial honoring some 260 Chicago Public School students killed by violence during the...

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Man Sentenced To 32 Years In Honor Student's Beating Death

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 09.18.2011

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CHICAGO — A Chicago man convicted in the 2009 videotaped beating death of a high school honors student was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Tu...

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Man Gets 32 Years In Slaying Of CPS Student Caught On Tape

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO -- A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 32 years in prison in the fatal beating of a high school honors student that was caught on video. C...

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Derrion Albert Trial Begins: Teen Accused Of Fatally Beating Fenger Student In Court Tuesday

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The trial of a teen charged in the beating death of a 16-year-old Chicago honor student began Tuesday with jurors watching a video sho...

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Teen Sentenced To 26 Years In Prison For Role In Honor Student's Slaying

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A Chicago teenager who pleaded guilty Friday to participating in the beating death of a high school honor student that was caught on v...

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Two Producers Keep It Real With A Plate Apart

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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An escape from poverty via the culinary arts makes good business sense in this reality TV series, and in real life, as the hospitality industry needs youth workers.

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Trial Begins For Another Teen Charged In Derrion Albert's Murder

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The trial began Monday for a second suspect in the beating death of a Chicago teenager, with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashin...

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15-Year-Old Convicted Of Murder For Throwing Possibly Fatal Punch

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — He threw a single punch at Derrion Albert. But that punch in the midst of an attack by an angry mob that would kick, punch, stomp and...

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Duncan: School Reform Not Related To Surge In Teen Violence

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...

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Mom Of Derrion Albert Murder Suspect: They Have The Wrong Kid

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ava Greyer insisted witnesses have said her son, Eugene Bailey, 17, was not the teen depicted on a cell phone video striking Derrion....

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 14-Year-Old Is 4th Teen Charged

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...

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Daley Holds Violence Meeting In Wake of Derrion Albert Beating Death

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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On his first day back at work after the Olympics debacle, Mayor Daley called a high-level meeting Monday with city and school officials to seek an ans...

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Power With, Power Over

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Derrion Albert's death is just another symptom of a city, a nation and a world at perpetual war with itself. It's merely one in a series of tragedies that we are numb to or never hear about.

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Teen Cleared In Derrion Albert's Beating Death With Little Explanation

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student tha...

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The GOP was Right to Cheer Obama's Olympic Defeat

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The paid lobbyists, high profile PR firms, well-heeled corporate donors, high powered political connections, and major civic and industry groups happily designated Obama as their point man on the Olympics.

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Fatally Beaten Teen Mourned At Funeral

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school drew civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and ...

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Ebert: Put Olympics Effort Toward Derrion Albert's Memory

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 05.25.2011

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We have lost the Olympics bid. Perhaps this is our opportunity to win Derrion Albert's bid. He was an honor student, not a gang member, not a drop out...

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White House Sending Officials To Chicago Over Teen's Fatal Beating

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week to discuss ...

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White House Reacts To Teen's Fatal Beating

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the beating death of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert was discussed at President Obama's morning meeti...

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 4 Teens Charged With Murder

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties ...

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Murder Charges Filed In Teen's Taped Beating Death

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Four teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert's beating death. Silvanus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric...

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