Special Prosecutor, Illinois AG Challenge Jason Van Dyke’s Prison Sentence

Special Prosecutor, Illinois AG Challenge Jason Van Dyke’s Prison Sentence

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llinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Special Prosecutor Joe McMahon want the state Supreme Court to send the Van Dyke case back to Judge Vincent Gaughan for a new sentence.

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The anti-lynching crusader and civil rights pioneer became the first black woman to have a downtown street named for her when Mayor Emanuel officially changed Congress Parkway to Ida B. Wells Drive.