Birkett Steps Down As Top DuPage Prosecutor
Joe Birkett has stepped down as DuPage County state's attorney. Friday was his last day on the job. Next week he will be sworn in as an Illinois appellate justice.
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Joe Birkett has stepped down as DuPage County state's attorney. Friday was his last day on the job. Next week he will be sworn in as an Illinois appellate justice.
After three decades as a prosecutor, DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is about to be sworn in as an appellate justice. He talks about how the prosecutor's job has changed to become a force for law enforcement.
DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett has been appointed to the Second District Appellate Court effective Dec. 13.
DuPage County has indicted a man for rape, accusing him of assaulting a woman who says she didn't discover until later that the man in the room wasn't her husband.
