State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke's prosecutors are routinely asking judges to keep suspects in jail until trial when they've been charged with having a machine gun — mostly handguns converted ...

As last week ended, two events in Chicago underscored the deep challenges still facing this city when it comes to the most basic of human needs — our safety and security. Crosetti Brand on Thursday ...

Michael Terzo recently appeared in court where it was announced he had been indicted. He's now charged with aggravated ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was a call Thursday to free those who have been wrongfully convicted. A group rallied outside as Cook County States Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke addressed members of the ...

The county's top prosecutor promised a new approach when she was sworn in six months ago. At her swearing-in ceremony six months ago, Cook County's top prosecutor promised a new approach to tackling ...

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is focusing on domestic violence survivors as she celebrates the grand ...

Critics of the Cook County state’s attorney are attacking her recalibrating an office that had drifted away from holding offenders accountable.

Chicago has opened its first family justice center — the CAN Hope Center — to help survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

No charges will be filed against the police officers involved in the shooting death of Dexter Reed, the Cook County State's Attorney said. Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke put forth ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More votes have been counted in the Democratic race for Cook County state's attorney. Just under 1,600 just votes separate Eileen O'Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III after 474 ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new policy circulated to her ...

A civil rights lawyer accused Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke on Monday of directing prosecutors to threaten the lawyer’s client with perjury to scare him and other potential ...