Ed Genson

Daniel Baker was found guilty in November of killing his girlfriend’s mother in Vernon Hills, but today he requested a new trial based on his claim that his now-former girlfriend was responsible for the crime. As a result of the unexpected turn,...

After multiple outbursts, including obscene remarks, Daniel Baker was escorted out of a Lake County courtroom Monday as a judge sentenced him to 47 years in prison in the beating death of his girlfriend's mother. Baker, 25, of Deerfield, was warned...

SPRINGFIELD — Heading toward a decision on the ultimate political sanction, members of a House impeachment committee Monday rejected complaints by Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorney that he was battling "shadows" in his fight to keep the disgraced...

SPRINGFIELD — State lawmakers insisted Tuesday they could fairly investigate Gov. Rod Blagojevich following years of criticizing him as a terrible leader as they opened unprecedented impeachment proceedings against him. In the first hints of the...

Disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich joked and jogged in his Chicago neighborhood Wednesday and vowed to tell his side of the story soon, while his attorney tore into impeachment-minded state lawmakers trying to force the governor out of a job. The vigorous...

SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers turned away from the federal corruption charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich and focused Thursday on other reasons to impeach him, highlighting a string of controversial policy moves as evidence of an autocratic and...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House launched its first-ever impeachment probe of a governor Monday, promising weeks of hearings detailing Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged abuse of power, from enacting massive programs without legislative approval to...

Daniel Baker did not want to come to court this morning, when his murder trial was due to start, because he was afraid that his high-powered attorney was a part of the Russian mafia, his mother testified during a fitness hearing which was reopened this...

After a judge today found Daniel Baker fit to stand trial in the beating death of his girlfriend’s mother, Baker said he wants to get rid of his attorneys and represent himself when his trial is due to start Monday. Baker is accused of killing...

For the first time at one of his pretrial hearings, the man accused of beating his girlfriend's mother to death with a baseball bat spoke to the Lake County judge overseeing his case. A well-groomed Daniel Baker stood quietly and calmly as his attorney...

Daniel Baker was insane when he beat his girlfriend's mother to death with a baseball bat in her Vernon Hills home, according to a mental health expert hired by the defense. Defense attorney Ed Genson told Judge Daniel Shanes today that he would be...

For the second time since being found guilty in November of beating his girlfriend’s mother to death in Vernon Hills, Daniel Baker’s sentencing has been delayed. Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes ordered that Baker undergo a mental health...