Anita Alvarez

Prosecutors Claim Northwestern Journalism Student Paid Witness

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in order to make their case t...

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Prosecutors Still Won't Explain Why They're Subpoenaing Northwestern Journalism Students' Grades

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: David Protess, Medill School of Journalism, Medill Innocence Project, Medill Cook County Subpoenas, Anita Alvarez, Anthony McKinney, Northwestern University, Wrongful Conviction, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 197...

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Prosecutor Defends Going After Northwestern Students' Notes, Class Material

Chicago Tribune | Daarel Burnette II | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wrongful Conviction, Anthony McKinney, Dan Kirk, Journalism, David Protess, Medill Cook County Subpoenas, Press Freedom, Northwestern University, Medill Innocence Project, Anita Alvarez, Chicago News

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez defended subpoenaing Northwestern University journalism students' notes and recordings of witness interview...

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Burr Oak Cemetery: 4 Charged With Dismembering At Least 300 Bodies In Graveyard Scam

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. — (AP) Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dump...

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Lisa Madigan Rates Mention As Possible Obama Supreme Court Pick

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | Chicago

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Dozens of names have surfaced as potential replacements for Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who is retiring at the end of this year's term. The mo...

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Durbin Suggests Chicagoans For Supreme Court Vacancy

WBBM Newsradio | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago

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Durbin says there are some outstanding potential choices for the US Supreme Court right here in Chicago. He suggests Federal Judge Anne Williams, who'...

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Stroger Troubles: State's Attorney Reportedly Opens Investigation, Fired Cousin On Hook For Felon's Legal Bills

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Todd Stroger Investigation, Todd Stroger, Cook County Board, Anita Alvarez, Tony Cole, Stroger Dunnings, Donna Dunnings, Stroger Tony Cole, Stroger Hiring Scandal, Chicago News

Last week may have been a rough one for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, but this one is shaping up to be worse. According to several report...

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Pat Quinn Names Ryan Scandal Victim, Northwestern Football Coach To Ethics Panel

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago

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Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn named the members of his ethics commission, "Reform Illinois Now," Friday. Among those appointed are the Rev. Scott Willis, whose ...

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Attorney General Madigan Moving Burge Police Torture Cases To Cook County State's Attorney

Chicago Sun-Times | John Conroy and Maurice Possley | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

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After five years of fighting to keep Chicago Police torture cases from being reopened, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is seeking to shift resp...

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Madigan And Alvarez Sue Debt Collector For Deception

STNG | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed lawsuits Wednesday against a debt collection company for w...

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Hudson Tragedy: Balfour's Attorney Confident He's Not Guilty (VIDEO)

Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

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The attorney for the man charged with the the murder of three of Jennifer Hudson's relatives said Wednesday that he was "confident" that his client w...

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Anita Alvarez Sworn In As State's Attorney

Chicago Tribune | Matthew Walberg | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

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Anita Alvarez, the first woman and Hispanic to be elected Cook County state's attorney, took her oath of office today. Alvarez pledged to use the fu...

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Alvarez Wins Historic Victory In State's Attorney Race

Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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"Democrat Anita Alvarez won her bid Tuesday to become the first Hispanic and first woman state's attorney in Cook County, handing Republican Tony Per...

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Anita Alvarez: Playing the "Experience Card"

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

I waited patiently to see if, when times got tough, Alvarez would stoop to pandering for votes based on her ethnicity so I could tisk, tisk.

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State's Attorney Candidates Get Religion

Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Alvarez Peraica, Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney, Tony Peraica, Chicago News

The Democratic and Republican candidates for Cook County state's attorney delivered their closing arguments Sunday, visiting churches in high-crime Ch...

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Alvarez Has Huge Money Lead In State's Attorney Race

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago

Read More: State's Attorney Race, Alvarez Fundraising, Thomas O'Brien, Cook County State's Attorney, Tony Peraica, Peraica Campaign Money, Anita Alvarez, Alvarez Campaign Money, Chicago News

If money talks in the race for state's attorney like it does in most other campaigns, expect to hear a triumphant roar from Democrat Anita Alvarez and...

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State's Attorney Candidates Clash At Debate

Chicago Sun-Times | Rummana Hussain | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Jon Burge, Thomas O'Brien, Burge, Cook County State's Attorney, Tony Peraica, State's Attorney Debate, Anita Alvarez, Chicago News

he three Cook County state's attorney hopefuls weighed in on the recent federal indictment of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge in a televised deb...

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Jon Burge Arrested In Torture Cases

AP | Mike Robinson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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Scroll down for video of Mayor Daley's response, the alleged victims speaking out, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald explaining the charges and more ba...

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Gloves Off In State's Attorney Debate

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Peraica Alvarez, State's Attorney Race, Union League Club Debate, Peraica Alvarez Debate, Cook County State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, Tony Peraica, Chicago News

At their very first debate, Cook County state's attorney candidates skipped the honeymoon period and immediately blasted each other as political hacks...

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