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Nanci Koschman. | Peter Holderness / Sun-Times

‘Can’t let them get away with this again’

Angry since learning the police lied to her, Nanci Koschman says she’ll sue.

Special prosecutor Dan Webb  |  Sun-Times file photo

Special prosecutor’s bill: $1,134,496

Former U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb billed $899,307, plus $235,189 in other expenses.

Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko's McHenry County Jail booking mug

Vanecko’s county jail bill: $16 a day

Feds pay $85 to hold people awaiting deportation there.

Illinois State Police director Hiram Grau. I Sun-Times library

Case was too hot for Quinn’s top cop

Newly obtained documents shed light on  why state police backed out of Koschman probe.

Mayor Daley and his siblings at an exhibit in 2005 at the Daley Center about their late father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, (left to right) Cook County Commissioner John Daley, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, William Daley, Michael Daley and Mary Carol Vanecko, R.J. Vanecko's mother. | Sun-Times

15 questions Webb’s report doesn’t answer

Special prosecutor’s report leaves many questions unanswered — and raises some new ones — about police investigations.

Special prosecutor Dan Webb  |  Sun-Times file photo

Feds brought in on Koschman case

Special prosecutor who couldn’t charge cops with breaking state law turned to the FBI.

Former police Supt. Jody Weis

Ex. supt: Police actions ’embarrassing’

Jody Weis says the 10 years it took to reach guilty plea is “a very sad commentary” on the police.

Lt. Denis P. Walsh

‘Missing’ file ended up at cop’s house

The original Chicago Police Department case file ended up in a bungalow on the Northwest Side.

Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko's McHenry County Jail booking mug

Decade later, Vanecko begins jail sentence

Vanecko surrenders at McHenry County Jail to begin serving 60-day sentence.

Andy Shaw president, Better Government Association

BGA: Feds should probe Koschman case

Watchdog group seeks federal probe of police and prosecutors.