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Judicial Elections - Injustice Watch
WEBApr 11, 2024 · The next judicial elections in Illinois will take place on November 5, 2024. In Cook County, 78 judges will be running to retain their seats on the bench. Injustice Watch’s judicial election guide for the 2024 general election will be out in early October. Scroll down to learn more about the upcoming judicial races, read original reporting ...
World’s first DNA exoneration and a lesson unlearned - Injustice …
WEBAug 14, 2019 · Gary Dotson, exonerated 30 years ago Loren Santow. Thirty years ago today Gary Dotson, a hapless high school dropout from a downscale Chicago suburb, made history, becoming the first person in the world to be exonerated by DNA. The anniversary seems an appropriate time to reflect on the wrongful conviction and a …
Darlie Lynn Routier: Remains in prison, awaiting long-overdue …
WEBOct 29, 2019 · Responding to Darlie Lynn Routier’s frantic 911 call from her Dallas County home in 1996, police found her two sons, Devon Routier, 6, and Damon Routier, 5, dying of stab wounds. There were knife wounds to Routier’s neck, forearm and shoulder. A broken wine glass lay on the ground, and there was a torn window screen in the garage.
Jury trials are disappearing. Here's why. | Injustice Watch
WEBFeb 17, 2021 · Mandatory Minimum Sentences. In the federal criminal justice system, fewer than 2% of cases went to trial in the 12-month period ending in March 2020, the most recent for which data from the federal judiciary is available. Fifty percent of judges and 85% percent of defense attorneys surveyed by Diamond and …
Court Condemns Humiliating Mass Strip Search of Women Prisoners
WEBSep 10, 2020 · [email protected]. Appeals court condemns humiliating mass strip search of women prisoners. by Alan Mills, Injustice Watch September 10, 2020. Despite the apparent potential for abuse, the federal courts have historically taken a hands-off approach to prison strip searches—but that changed last month, writes attorney Alan Mills.
Here's who felony murder reform in Illinois left behind - Injustice …
WEBJan 20, 2022 · Gerald Berry is serving a life sentence for murder, even though he didn’t kill anyone. On Dec. 27, 2001, Berry said he and three friends drove to Country Club Hills, Illinois, in Chicago’s south suburbs, to case a house that they planned to burglarize later.Berry, then a certified HVAC technician, was 20 …
Cook County judicial evaluations fall short, critics say - Injustice …
WEBNov 3, 2022 · Injustice Watch’s nonpartisan guide to the November 2022 Cook County judicial elections. It’s even rarer for voters to remove a judge from office. Each judge has to garner at least 60% of the vote to stay on the bench. In 2018, Matthew Coghlan became the first Cook County circuit court judge to lose a retention race in 28 years, in part ...
Unequal Treatment - Injustice Watch
WEBCops and Stops. The Chicago Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics leave lasting impact on communities of color. The first part of our series on the unequal treatment afforded people of color at critical points in the criminal justice system.
2022 Cook County judicial primary election results
WEBDec 5, 2023 · Cook County voters picked a new class of circuit court and appellate court judges in Tuesday’s primary election. With election officials reporting abysmal voter turnout, some judicial subcircuit races were decided by a few thousand votes. by Maya Dukmasova and Jonah Newman June 29, 2022.
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