Breaking legal news for Thursday, July 16

Nation

• Sotomayor testimony completed, AP
• Sessions: Senate to vote on Sotomayor before August recess, Wall Street Journal
• Day 4 of the Sotomayor hearings, ABA Journal
• Homeless man, jailed for failing to support boy who wasn't his, is freed, ABA Journal

State

• Whitney to run for governor again, Champaign News-Gazette

Central Illinois

• Machines no longer a gamble, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Teen impostor cop gets probation in car case, Chicago Sun-Times
• Prosecutors want man accused of setting woman on fire committed, Daily Herald
• Man dies in holding cell after court sentencing, Daily Herald
• Lawmakers call for tighter rules for red-light cameras, Daily Herald
• Push begins to keep ex-priest under lock and key, Chicago Tribune

Northern Illinois

• Effort to change Illinois election law begins, Quad-City Times
• Courthouse, jail expansion plan approved, DeKalb Daily Chronicle

Southern Illinois

• Court shuts down Illinois resort over mold problems, Belleville News-Democrat