Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa PikeThe head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first major staff shake-up since Christa Pike’s stunning failed execution left her unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital.Chicago Tribune2d agoWhole story →HealthJusticetennessee execution failure
Gang leader giving life sentence in federal courtOn Tuesday, more than three years after he was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, Romeo Blackman stood in a federal courtroom to hear a sentence he already knew was coming: life in prison without parole.Chicago Tribune6d agoWhole story →Justicefederal sentencing
Darren Bailey keeps up SAFE-T Act attacksThe two-time Republican nominee for governor says he doesn't object to the law's effort of keeping people charged with crimes from sitting in jail simply because they can't afford bail. But he argues it has gone far beyond that.Chicago Tribune8d agoWhole story →Justice
Today in History: R. Kelly convicted in a sex trafficking trialOn Sept. 27, 2021, R&B singer R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in New York after numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children; a federal appeals court upheld the convictions and his 30-year prison sentence in 2025.Chicago Tribune9d agoWhole story →Justice
Customs and Border agent takes stand in federal trialLuis Uribe, 45, is on trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on a federal indictment charging him with 10 counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.Chicago Tribune20d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurityfederal trial of cbp agent
Contractor sentenced in fraud case for leaving asbestosA suburban contractor was sentenced Thursday to more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison for causing a potential "environmental disaster" by leaving large amounts of cancer-causing asbestos material during the 2023 demolition of a Waukegan medical campus in order to line his own pockets.Chicago Tribune25d agoWhole story →PlanetJusticeasbestos fraud sentencing
Tate brothers must stay locked up during their UK extradition fightSocial media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday.Chicago Tribune26d agoWhole story →CultureTechnologytate extradition ruling
