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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Neil Steinberg

FOUND: You catch the moment - You Need To See This

Lead attorney Jennifer Bonjean, right, confers with disgraced singer R. Kelly at his trial in Chicago last week, in a drawing by artist Don Colley. “You try to get a sense of something seeping from them, intelligence,” said Colley, of the challenge of drawing masked participants at a trial. “You try to get emotions.” (Provided artwork.)

A criminal trial brings many people together in one room. It can get crowded and confusing, but there is a clear hierarchy to help make sense of what’s happening.

First is the judge, of course, in this case U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, 85, set off not just by an elevated perch and flowing black robes, but his air of authority.

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