Below is a portion of some press reports of Kathleen Colton's criminal cases AURORA MURDER TRIAL CONCLUDES  Kane County Chronicle April 5, 2008 AURORA WOMAN ACCUSED OF FIRING PISTOL AT CROW-WIELDING ROMANIC RIVAL IS CLEARED OF WEAPONS CHARGES Chicago Tribune January 17, 2008 ATTORNEY RIPS 'SNEAKY' SYSTEM OF MONITORING SOME INMATE'S LETTERS Aurora Beacon News September 9, 2007 OVERTURNED CONVICTION THREATENS COLD CASES August 30, 2007 Aurora Beacon News PHONE INSTALLER ACQUITTED OF GROPING Chicago Tribune June 6, 2007 CABLE INSTALLER ACQUITTED OF ABUSE CHARGES Chicago Daily Herald June 6, 2007 CABLE INSTALLER ACQUITTED OF SEX ABUSE Kane County Chronicle June 6, 2007 EX-BULLS PLAYER'S WIFE NOT GUILTY Chicago Tribune March 16, 2007 JURY ACQUITS NBA STAR'S WIFE OF BATTERY Chicago Sun-Times March 16, 2007 WIFE OF EX-BULLS PLAYER ACQUITTED  Chicago Daily  Herald March 16, 2007 JURY: MAN GUILTY OF LESSER CHARGE Kane County Chronicle February 27, 2007 NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN NICO CASE Aurora Beacon news January 27, 2007 COUSINS SET FREE AFTER CASE DISMISSED  (see press release on the comments page ) Kane County Chronicle December 23, 2006 TWO COUSINS WHO CLAIMED ENTRAPMENT ARE SET FREE Aurora Beacon News December 23, 2006 AURORA COUSIN'S DRUG CONVICTIONS REVERSED Aurora Beacon News April 5, 2006 JURY ACQUITS WEST Kane County Chronicle July 25, 200 SEX CHARGES AGAINST AURORA MAN DISMISSED Aurora Beacon News November 11, 2005 SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES DROPPED AFTER 10 MONTHS Kane County Chronicle October 22, 2005 SEX CASE AGAINST AURORAN DISMISSED The Aurora Beacon November 11, 2005 SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES DROPPED AFTER 10 MONTHS Kane County Chronicle Ocotber 22, 2005 SUGAR GROVE ROOMMATE ACQUITTED IN SWORD ATTACK "The Samurai Sword Case" Chicago Tribune, July 13, 2005 SUGAR GROVE MAN ACQUITTED IN SWORD ATTACK "The Samurai Sword Case" Chicago Daily Herald, July 13, 2005 JURY ACQUITS SUGAR GROVE MAN IN SAMURAI SWORD ATTACK "The jury of four men and eight women deliberated for less than two hours before delivering the verdict around 6 p.m." Kane County Chronicle, July 13, 2005 JURY ACQUITS SUGAR GROVE MAN IN SWORD ATTACK "The Samurai Sword Case" Aurora Beacon, July 13, 2005 TWO CLAIM SELF-DEFENSE IN SAMURAI SWORD INCIDENT "Bit him like a vampire" AURORA BEACON NEWS, JULY 12, 2005 CHARGES LESSENED IN SWORD CASE Prosecutors limited in Sugar Grove man"s case Chicago Daily Herald, July 9, 2005       DNA CLEARS AURORA MAN OF MURDER Analysis reveals knife wasn't used in killing Chicago Tribune, June 24, 2005 DNA FAILS TO LINK AURORAN TO MURDER ("First Degree Murder Charges Dropped) Aurora Beacon, June 23, 2005 LOCAL CASE DRAWS CANADIAN INTEREST Chicago Daily Herald, August 5, 2004 LAWYER FIGHTS ECSTASY SENTENCE Chicago Daily Herald, July 8, 2004 BAIL SOUGHT AFTER MAN ACQUITTED OF 2 MURDERS Chicago Tribune, April 15, 2004 TEENAGER ACQUITTED OF MURDER Aurora Beacon News, April 13, 2004 SOME CHARGES DISMISSED IN DOUBLE SLAYING Aurora Beacon News, April 9, 2004 SEARCH THAT NETTED 18 LBS OF MARIJUANA RULED ILLEGAL Aurora Beacon News, April 1, 2004 ENTRAPMENT ALLEGED IN AURORA DRUG CASE Aurora Beacon News, August 19, 2003 MUCH PAIN AND GRIEF FOR A MERE 10 BUCKS Kathleen Colton, "a tenacious fighter" (by Bill Page, Kane County Chronicle) LAWYER APPEALS ESCTASY PENALTY (Law too loose? Different punishments for having Ecstasy pills, Powder) The Beacon News, November 21, 2002 KATHLEEN COLTON IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE (Outspoken attorney rankles some; is revered by others) Special feature published the “Your Life Section” in The Aurora Beacon 2 RELEASED IN '99 AURORA SLAYING PROSECUTORS CITE RECENT INTERVIEW  Chicago Tribune, July 21, 2000. CHARGES DROPPED (Two men accused of murder were set free because of changes in the case.) Kane County Chronicle, July 23, 2001. CHARGES WITHDRAWN AGAINST PAIR OF AURORANS The Aurora Beacon, July 20, 2001. DRUG CHARGES AGAINST CANCER PATIENT DROPPED (Prosecutors see no benefit in conviction St. Charles man) The Daily Herald, March 2, 2001. WOMAN ACQUITTED IN HOTEL SLAYING (Judge cites failure to prove she was aware of murder plot) Chicago Tribune, February 7, 2001. 19-YEAR-OLD FOUND NOT GUILTY IN N. AURORA Daily Herald, February 7, 2001. SANDOVAL NOT GUILTY OF 1999 HOTEL MURDER  Kane County Chronicle, February 7, 2001. WOMAN WINS ACQUITTAL IN NORTH AURORA  (fear factor remains:  Woman compelled to testify at upcoming trial of gang member) AURORA MAN ACQUITTED IN ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE Aurora Beacon, February 27, 2001. AURORA MAN ACQUITTED OF MURDER   The Beacon News, June 20, 1998. THROWING OUT CHILD PORN EVIDENCE APPEALED  Daily Herald, January 4, 2001. JUDGE THROWS OUT PORN EVIDENCE (South Elgin case at an end, judge says Internet photo of naked females cannot be ruled child pornography) Elgin Courier, August 17, 2000. CHARGES FINALLY DISMISSED AGAINST ROBBER’S GIRLFRIEND  Daily Herald, January, 2001. AURORA MAN ACQUITTED OF JUVENILE SEX CHARGE CONSENSUAL ACT The Beacon New, March 15, 2000. ELGIN MAN ACQUITTED OF RAPE, ASSAULT CHARGE   The Courier News, January 23, 1999. SOSA GIRLFRIEND CHARGED WITH WITNESS HARASSMENT (Gesture taken seriously: Plano woman accused of threatening sergeant who was Testifying against gang member) The Beacon News, September 28, 1995. GANG MEMBER’S GIRLFRIEND ACQUITTED OF WITNESS HARASSMENT The Beacon News, May 14, 1997. JUDGE THROWS OUT CASE OF BREAK-IN AT DRUG DEALERS’ HOME Kane County Chronicle, September 14, 1995. JUDGE DEALS A BLOW TO TRAFFICKING CASES (Dismissal: ruling against prosecution puts jeopardy other indictments) The Courier News, August 6, 1994. JURY CLEARS MURDER SUSPECT, URGES CASE BE REOPENED The Beacon News, December 18, 1992.