Cook County States Attorney

Chicago Police Officer Charged In Sex Assault Of Underage Girl

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities say a Chicago police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting an underage family member. Forty-three-year-old Wi...

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State's Attorney Won't Halt Death Penalty Prosecutions Despite Public Defender's Plea

Huffington Post | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Death Penalty Cases, Death Penalty, Mike Quigley, Cook County State's Attorney, Chciago Death Penalthy, Cook County Public Defender, Abishi Cunningham, Chicago News

Prosecutors in Cook County will continue seeking the death penalty despite pleas from the public defender for a moratorium. Chicago Public Radio repo...

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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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Studs' Last Stand

Curtis Black | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Torture, Burge, Lisa Madigan, Studs Terkel, Human Rights Chicago, Chicago Torture Scandal, Human Rights Advocacy, Cook County State's Attorney, Cook County Torture, Chicago Torture, Chicago News
Curtis Black

Studs Terkel spent his life giving voice to the concerns of the voiceless, and it's a mark of his consistency that in his final days he stood up for men who were denied fair trials decades ago.

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Anita Alvarez: Playing the "Experience Card"

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

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

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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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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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Patrick Fitzgerald Scolds Tony Peraica

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.07.2008 | Chicago

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U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked Republican Cook County state's attorney candidate Tony Peraica to stop passing out a campaign flier that lo...

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