Koschman Archive Voices

Mark Brown

Brown: No good reason to keep secret

Webb’s news release indicates there is evidence that needs to be disclosed.

Locke Bowman (right), Director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, and G. Flint Taylor, a founding partner of the People's Law Office, both attorneys representing the family of David Koschman, speak  at Northwestern Law School in Chicago on Sept. 19, 2013.  | J.Geil/for Sun-Times Media

Prosecutor: Cops can’t be charged

No new indictments will be issued, special prosecutor Dan K. Webb says.

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Vanecko trial expected to start next year

Judge tells attorneys involved in case to keep January and February open on their schedules.

Special prosecutor Dan K. Webb arrives at Leighton Criminal Courts Building for arraignment of Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko on involuntary manslaughters charges in death of David Koschman Monday, December 10, 2012. |  Sun-Times Media

EDITORIAL: Clean justice comes with big price tag

Published April 21, 2013 What's the price of public corruption? So far, $1 million. That's the bill special prosecutor Dan…

Special prosecutor Dan K. Webb argues that anything his staff turned up is secret because he was running a grand jury investigation — even material that wasn't presented to grand jurors.

Koschman special prosecutor bills come to $1 million

By April 18, 2013 By CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK Staff Reporters More than $1 million - that's the final…

David Koschman

EDITORIAL: NOT ABOUT THE PUNCH

Published April 14, 2013 We get calls. "What's the big deal?" the caller asks. "So this guy Richard J. Vanecko…

Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko, mugshot from Cook County Sheriff

Victim in 1992 bat attack runs tea company

Published Jan. 21, 2013 By TIM NOVAK, CHRIS FUSCO AND CAROL MARIN Staff Reporters Andrew Buckman was a teenager when he…

Judge Maureen McIntyre will preside over the Cook County involuntary-manslaughter case against Richard J.‚ "R.J." Vanecko, a nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

MCHENRY JUVENILE JUDGE FOR KOSCHMAN CASE

Published Jan. 5, 2013 By CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK Staff Reporters A McHenry County judge who handles a wide…

Booking mug for Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko.

MCHENRY COUNTY CHIEF JUDGE TO PRESIDE OVER VANECKO CASE

Published Dec. 22, 2012 By CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK Staff Reporters A judge from McHenry County will be brought…

Richard J. "R.J" Vanecko, center, with his attorneys

EDITORIAL: 3 RIGHT CALLS IN VANECKO CASE

Published Dec. 18, 2012 Cook County Circuit Judge Arthur Hill Jr. made the right call Monday when he stepped aside…