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September, 2007
Chicago Police Sgt. Patrick J. Minogue, whose checkered career was documented by The Chicago Reporter in September, is facing the ultimate penalty his department can impose for misconduct.
On Dec. 1, Police Superintendent Terry G. Hillard filed charges against the 14-year police veteran with the Chicago Police Board and recommended that he be fired. The board has scheduled a March 16 status...
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September, 2007
They are the two freshmen Latina state representatives.
Though not the first Latinas in the Illinois General Assembly, Cynthia Soto and Susana Mendoza are considered signs of a new political generation.
"This is the second generation of Latina leadership in the city," said Sylvia Puente, project director for the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. But "the...
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September, 2007
When a jury begins its deliberations, it relies on the testimony and the exhibits. But jurors also bring their racial and economic backgrounds into the jury room, experts said. And that can affect the outcome for black defendants in Cook County, The Chicago Reporter found.
The Reporter examined 147 of the 175 felony division jury trials completed in the Cook County Circuit Court between Jan...
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September, 2007
Sam W. Shipp wasn't there. But he was apparently on the minds of attorneys when the jury was chosen for the second trial of Jonathan Tolliver, a 19-year-old African American charged with murdering white Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale.
Shipp was the only black man–"and the lone holdout–"on the jury in Tolliver's first trial. Shipp's refusal to agree to a guilty verdict led to a...
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September, 2007
The conviction rate for black defendants in felony division trials in Cook County rose slightly as the number of jurors from predominantly white neighborhoods went up. But it fell by a fourth when the number of jurors from mostly black neighborhoods increased.
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September, 2007
Black defendants in felony division trials in Cook County were more likely to be convicted when most of the jurors came from areas with per capita incomes above the citywide average of $20,808 a year.
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September, 2007
The presence of black male jurors might have an impact on the outcome of jury trials for black defendants in Cook County. The following table shows that the percentage of guilty verdicts for black defendants decreased as the number of men on the jury from predominantly black areas increased. The analysis covered felony division jury trials held in Cook County between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2000.
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September, 2007
The Chicago Reporter examined 147 felony division jury trials held in Cook County between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2000. The defendants in those cases often came from communities much different from those of the 1,749 people who served on their juries. The chart above shows the differences between defendants and jurors by the racial makeup of their census tracts, the annual per capita income of their...
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September, 2007
It was an incendiary combination. On one side, white supporters of slain Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale. On the other, black supporters and witnesses for Jonathan Tolliver, the African American teenager accused of killing him.
Flashes of derogatory words and looks showed that racial tensions were high during Tolliver's second trial, said some of his supporters. But those on the...
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