Credit Bridgette Outten

A public defender left a hearing in a Cook County courtroom Tuesday bogged down with an overstuffed accordion file folder and stacks of papers. It was LaFonzo Palmer's first day repr...

Credit Bridgette Outten

The attorney for one of four teens accused of beating a Palos Township couple to death says it's unconstitutional to charge his client with a crime that comes with a mandatory life in pri...

Credit Cook County Sheriff's Office

Richard Beuke became the second private attorney on Wednesday to withdraw from the Granat murder case, citing the financial toll his services imposed on his young client. “He can’t a...

Credit Cook County Sheriff's Office

A private attorney for Christopher Wyma, one of four young men charged with the murder of John and Maria Granat, withdrew from the case on Friday because his client’s family says it can n...

Credit Dan Lambert

An attorney for the youngest of four men accused of murdering a Palos Township couple is looking at psychological testing to “understand the intent of a 16-year-old” whom he says was lite...

Credit Dan Lambert

Prosecutors trying four men indicted in the killing of a Palos Township couple handed defense attorneys some 200 additional pages of documents and a disc containing 1,100 photographs. ...

Credit Patch Staff

It is hard to believe that another year is coming to an end. Here at Palos Patch we are marking the passing of time with a look back at some of the stories that defined this year in your ...