Attorney Matt Fakhoury in the news From the Daily Herald Bail was set at $50,000 Wednesday for a former Schaumburg High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student in 2001, police said. Ronald L. Williams, 53, of Barrington, faces a charge of criminal sexual assault stemming from the allegations…
A bill that recently passed the House makes possession of 15 grams of marijuana worth a $125 fine — and after 6 months, people punished under the new law can have the conviction expunged from their records. It passed with a 62-53 vote and the Illinois Department of Corrections estimates that it will save the…
Governor Pat Quinn made history last Friday, granting 232 requests for clemency in just one day. For the past several years, Quinn has been slogging through thousands of petitions–4,766, to be exact–in an effort to work through the mountain of requests left behind by former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Read more…
