A look back: Month-in-review

Mar. 30, 2012
It's the last day of March, so it's clearly time for our Month-in-Review segment. We'll be talking with some of the biggest names in Chicago news today.

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez discusses wrongful convictions

Jan. 26, 2012
Four men are seeking certificates of innocence after prosecutors dropped rape and murder charges against them last week.

Unpacking another year in the saga of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Dec. 22, 2011
As part of a special encore presentation of Eight Forty-Eight, producer Katie O'Brien looked back on the year’s milestones. The saga of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been punctuated by many significant—sometimes bizarre—chapters since his arrest in 2008.

Community reacts to Blagojevich's 14-year jail sentence

Dec. 8, 2011
Rod Blagojevich received his sentence Wednesday: 14 years for 18 counts of corruption. The ex-Illinois governor was first arrested nearly three years ago on Dec. 9, 2008. He was ordered to report to prison next February.

Blagojevich expected to ask for mercy

Dec. 7, 2011
Eight Forty-Eight turned to WBEZ’s criminal justice and legal affairs reporter Robert Wildeboer at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago where the second day of Rod Blagojevich’s sentence hearing was underway.

Blagojevich sentencing hearing gets underway

Dec. 6, 2011
Rod Blagojevich’s sentencing hearing gets underway Tuesday. It came nearly six months after the ex-governor was convicted on 18 counts of corruption. Prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge James Zagel for 15 to 20 years in prison.

Stopping gun violence in Chicago

Nov. 28, 2011
David Kennedy thinks he knows how to stop gun violence in America’s cities, and he says, contrary to public debate and popular opinion, it's not that hard.Kennedy, a criminologist at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, is being taken very seriously by the Chicago Police Department; they have been

Rezko sentencing sends message on corruption

Nov. 23, 2011
Tony Rezko, a key player in the corruption that took place under former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison. After court Tuesday, U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said he could not think of another sentence that was that harsh for a public corruption case.

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