Prosecutors lay out potential path for ex-officer to avoid virtual life sentence for Laquan McDonald slaying
CHICAGO - When a Cook County judge decides former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke's fate later this week, prosecutors will not be pushing for the ex-patrolman to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Laquan McDonald, according to court documents filed Monday.
Just a few hours after special prosecutor Joseph McMahon indicated he would not take a hard-line position at sentencing, Van Dyke's defense team filed dozen of letters begging the judge for leniency. The filing including emotional letters from his two
