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Appeals court upholds conviction of man sentenced to 126 years in prison for sexually assaulting 2 children in McHenry County

An appeals court has upheld a former McHenry County man’s conviction after he was sentenced to 126 years in prison for sexually assaulting two children over a thousand times over the span of 14 years. Robert J. Gould, 57, of Nova Scotia, Canada, was charged in August 2017 with 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual […]

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Former Crystal Lake high school who lost license after being convicted of touching former students loses appeal

An ex-Crystal Lake high school teacher who lost his educator’s license after being convicted of engaging in sexual activity with former students has lost an appeal to get his license back. Justin Hubly, then 35, of Crystal Lake, was charged in November 2016 with multiple counts of battery and one count of unlawful delivery of […]

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Appeals court denies request for Illinois’ ‘assault weapon’ ban to be blocked pending appeal

(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court this week denied a request to halt Illinois’ “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazine bans pending an appeal. The case Bevis v. Naperville was filed last year challenging Naperville’s gun ban. The plaintiffs modified the federal case to include the state’s gun ban enacted in January. In February, […]

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Oral arguments in lawsuit challenging Illinois’ no-cash bail law set for March

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Supreme Court said that oral arguments in an appeal in the SAFE-T Act’s cashless bail lawsuit will not be heard until March. Oral arguments are set before the Illinois Supreme Court in March, though a specific date is still not known. The Pretrial Fairness Act that eliminates cash bail […]

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Gov. Pritzker to appeal to Illinois Supreme Court after appellate court dismisses his appeal in school mask case

(The Center Square) – Gov. Pritzker is expected to file an appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort to get the state’s school mask mandate reinstated. The Fourth District Court of Appeals late Thursday found Pritzker’s appeal of a lower court blocking mask and exclusion rules for students and vaccine or testing mandates […]