law enforcement

Ex-Chicago attorney’s cases examined after judge’s ruling

In this Dec. 17, 2015 file photo, Gloria Pinex holds a photo of her son, Darius Pinex, at her home in Chicago. Pinex sued the city after her son was killed by police in 2011 and on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, a judge accused a city prosecutor of lying, prompting the city’s law department to examine dozens of other cases the attorney worked on. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) Chicago’s law department is examining more than three dozen open cases that were being handled by a former top city attorney who resigned last week after a federal judge accused him