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As summer approaches, a time when Chicago shootings usually spike, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has asked the Department of Justice for more support in preventing and combating gun violence in the Windy City.

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The armed attacker who fatally shot Cook County Judge Raymond Myles had followed the judge's girlfriend for weeks before the shooting, prosecutors said in court Thursday.

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The violence continued in Chicago over the weekend, as 7 people were shot and killed between Friday afternoon and Monday morning, including a Cook County judge.

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Federal prosecutors in Chicago are not prosecuting as many high-level gun traffickers as other cities, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

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Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Zach Fardon left an open letter behind after tendering his resignation Monday, highlighting key violent crime issues in Chicago and offering honest suggestions on how to fix them.

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Twelve-year-old Kanari Gentry-Bowers died in a hospital bed Wednesday night, the third child in two days to die from gunfire in the city of Chicago.

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The violence continued in Chicago, as five more people were killed and at least 22 wounded in shootings over the weekend.

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Cook County judges started to raise bonds for gun criminals when Chicago violence spiked in 2012, hoping it would keep armed gang members in jail until a decision had been reached on their cases, but that did not happen at all.

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A gang leader and convicted felon has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for dealing cocaine and firearms on Chicago's southwest side.

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In an effort to reduce violent crime across the country, the Department of Justice on Monday announced plans to expand its efforts to major, crime-ridden cities.

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scrambling to defend a rising murder rate less than a week away from a crucial runoff election against a populous Mayoral challenger.

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