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In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke attends his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, for the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. Illinois' attorney general is holding a news conference with the prosecutor who won a conviction against the white Chicago police officer who killed black teenager Laquan McDonald. Neither Attorney General Kwame Raoul nor Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon have said what Monday's news conference is about. It comes after Raoul's office signaled that it may ask the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene over what prosecutors see as a too lenient sentence for Jason Van Dyke. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Prosecutors seek new sentence in Laquan McDonald case

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In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Van Dyke was convicted in October of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

The Latest: McDonald relative calls sentence partial victory

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Convicted killer denied retrial despite twin’s confession

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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, wearing sunglasses, is escorted out of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, after testifying in his first degree murder trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

With conviction, officer likely avoided decades behind bars

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016, file photo, Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan presides over a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago for Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. He's presided over some of the biggest trials in recent Chicago history _ from a mass murder case to that of R&amp; B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges. Now Gaughan is at the center of one of the city's biggest trials in decades. The trial caps a career and a life that have included chapters as an engineering student, war hero, young man who had his own brush with the law, attorney and judge. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune, Pool, File)

Taskmaster judge presides over Chicago cop’s murder trial

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Jury selection is expected to resume for the trial of Van Dyke after the effort was called off Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, due to a scheduling conflict for the trial's presiding Judge Vincent Gaughan. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Race becomes issue in choosing jury in white officer’s trial

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 17, 2018 photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, center, attends a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, in Chicago. A judge overseeing the murder trial of Van Dyke in the 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald is holding off deciding whether the trial's location should be changed. Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan on Friday, Aug. 3 said he will wait until jury selection to determine if a fair jury can be chosen for the trial of Van Dyke. Van Dyke's lawyers want the trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 5, moved out of Cook County. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool File)

Judge delays decision on location of officer’s murder trial

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Judge clears courtroom in Chicago police shooting hearing

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Chicago judge again refuses to toss charges in McDonald case

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Judge seals Chicago officer’s statements about teen’s death

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