Cook Co. chief judge working to change how domestic violence cases handled after deadly NW Side case
A Cook County judge is facing harsh criticism for releasing a suspect from custody who later allegedly killed his wife.
Domestic violence judge who released man suspected of killing wife is off bench after anonymous threats
Judge Thomas E. Nowinski isn't hearing domestic violence cases due to threats, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans said ...
Judge ripped by advocates, state official for releasing man later accused of killing wife
Judge Thomas E. Nowinski rejected prosecutors’ petition to hold Constantin Beldie in jail after he was charged in October ...
Cook County Chief Judge says Lacramioara Beldie’s death ‘should not have occurred’
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has pledged to provide additional training for all Cook County judges who hear ...
Man suspected of killing estranged wife before being found dead was previously released on electronic monitoring
Weeks before a man allegedly fatally stabbed his estranged wife in a Portage Park attack that also injured a police officer, ...
Judge who made controversial electronic monitoring decision not hearing domestic violence cases because of threats
A Cook County judge who made a controversial decision to release a man on electronic monitoring weeks before he killed his ...
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Man suspected of killing estranged wife before being found dead was previously released on electronic monitoring
During a detention hearing, Cook County prosecutors argued for detention as the public defender for Constantin Beldie, 57, hit back against the state’s evidence. Judge Thomas Nowinski ordered ...
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Family Of Murdered Portage Park Woman Raising Funds For Funeral
Lacramioara Beldie was allegedly killed by her estranged husband on Tuesday. Her children said remembered their mother as a ...
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Judge ripped by advocates, state official for releasing man later accused of killing wife
A day after a man allegedly killed his estranged wife and was found dead blocks away in Portage Park, a Cook County judge faced heavy criticism for refusing to hold the suspect in custody as he ...
Advocates want Illinois judge reassigned after releasing man who police say later killed his wife
A judge released Constantin Beldie on electronic monitoring in October, after he allegedly beat and tried to kidnap his ...
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Chicago Judge Removed from Domestic Violence Cases Amid Anonymous Threats and Public Uproar
Judge Nowinski is reassigned and not hearing domestic violence cases after threats and public outcry over his release of a ...