The history and harm behind Illinois’s criminal HIV transmission law
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Injustice Watch and the Chicago Reader examined the origins of Illinois’s HIV transmission law, how Cook County prosecutors have leveraged it, and its impacts on people charged. The investigation is part of The Circuit, a courts data project from Injustice Watch, the BGA, and DataMade.
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Immigration
New bond fund freeing immigrants from ICE detention
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund Coalition has raised more than $35,000 to bail out detained immigrants from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Kentucky.
News
Lack of statewide oversight has led to excessive caseloads for Illinois public defenders, study says
Illinois is one of just seven states with no statewide oversight of public defenders. A new bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly would create a task force to further study public defender caseloads and quality of representation.
Commentary
3 challenges and opportunities for the new Cook County public defender
By Maria Hawilo (Loyola University Chicago) and Thomas F. Geraghty (Northwestern University) |
A fair and equitable justice system depends on the public defenders whose job it is to represent those people who cannot afford a lawyer. Public defense work is civil rights work.
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