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A Chicago-area school once infamous for its violent culture begins to heal itself through peaceful practices.

A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 32 years in prison in the fatal beating of a high school honors student that was caught on video.Circuit Court Judge Nicholas Ford sentenced 20-year-old Silvonus Shannon today for his role in the September 2009 beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.

A judge in Chicago has handed down a 26-year sentence for a teen who pleaded guilty to participating in the beating death of a high school honor student that was caught on video.Seventeen-year-old Eric Carson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2009 death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.The C

No one can have been surprised by the verdict in the Silvanus Shannon case, not after a jury last month returned the exact same result for another defendant, an unnamed minor, in less than half an hour of deliberations: guilty of the first degree murder of Derrion Albert.This time it took 3 and a ha

A Chicago jury has convicted a 15-year-old boy of first-degree murder in the beating death of a high school honor student that was captured on video and seen around the world.     A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for about half an hour Wednesday.

In "Eight Forty-Eight's" new series, Mayor Mondays, the show explores life in Chicago, how it’s changed under Mayor Richard M. Daley and how it will change under new leadership. Over the past few weeks, "Eight Forty-Eight" talked about food and health.