Crime & Law
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Elon Musk Has a Very Odd Sense of Risk on Public Transportation
The Tesla/SpaceX entrepreneur is a very smart man, but he is very wrong about meeting serial killers on public transit (and in that irrational fear, he is just like us).
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News Veteran’s Book Dives Into How TV News Covers Murder
Retired journalist Robert Jordan discusses editorial decisions in newsrooms, and why crime is a daily dish for television news stations.
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The Travel Ban Lawyers
The 300-Plus Attorneys Who Volunteered at O’Hare
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You Could Vote for Legal Recreational Marijuana as Soon as March
Unfortunately, that vote won’t directly change Illinois law—but Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey it will send an important message to state legislators.
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What Does Officer Proano’s Rare Guilty Verdict Mean for Police Accountability?
As the Chicago cop faces sentencing today, we ask law professor Sheila Bedi what this case can tell us about the ongoing police reform movement.
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ago
Undercover FBI Agents Con the Con Man in Chasing Phil
David Howard’s new book explores the FBI’s first undercover operation into white collar crime to wrangle a sophisticated fraudster from Chicago.
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Living in a “Scored Society": What Big Data Policing Means for Chicago
Police are using data and algorithms to rank you and treat you differently. An expert shares why you should care, and how citizens can ensure the tech is used properly.
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Journalist Who Brought Laquan McDonald Shooting to Public Eye Says He Won’t Reveal His Source
“People put their trust in us. [When] people have reason to fear retaliation or other public harms, we need to be worthy of that trust,” Jamie Kalven says.
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The Lonely Crusade of Jim DeRogatis
Over the past 17 years, the city’s loudest rock critic has been consumed by an increasingly high-profile undertaking: investigating the allegations of sexual abuse against R&B star R. Kelly.
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