Illinois attorney general, special prosecutors challenge Jason Van Dyke's sentence in petition to state Supreme Court
CHICAGO - Special prosecutors and the Illinois attorney general's office want the state Supreme Court to order a resentencing for Jason Van Dyke, which, if granted, could result in a much harsher prison term for the former Chicago police officer convicted of killing Laquan McDonald.
Their petition, filed Monday, does not explicitly target the length of the 6 3/4-year sentence, which many activists criticized as lenient. But Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon, appointed to handle the Van Dyke case, and Attorney General Kwame Raoul argue that Judge Vincent Gaughan sentenced Van Dyke under improper legal guidelines, and that a significantly longer
