Overview
- Cook County prosecutors offered a plea to second-degree murder with two years of probation, which Keshia Golden’s attorneys rejected.
- Golden’s lawyers urged the Cook County State’s Attorney to drop the case, asserting she acted in self-defense to protect herself and her unborn child.
- Judge Steven Watkins largely allowed evidence of prior alleged violence involving Calvin Sidney to be presented at trial.
- Golden remains on pretrial release after a bond reduction to $50,000 that community groups helped post.
- The next court date is April 7, 2026, with prosecutors and the defense maintaining conflicting accounts of the 2022 stabbing.