Injustice Watch (https://www.injusticewatch.org/)
The number of defendants seeking review of their claims that they were tortured into confessing now numbers more than 500. Absent more resources to review the cases, It could be decades before those claims are resolved.
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans won a historic seventh term overseeing the county’s courts. He was facing a challenger who sought to harness the unhappiness of Cook County judges of the criticisms that led to the unseating last year of the first sitting judge since 1990.
Philadelphia officials concluded that the Facebook posts of 191 active police officers violated department regulations after an internal affairs investigation, the city’s acting police commissioner told City Council members Tuesday. City officials, residents and activists called on the department to do more to change the culture within the Philadelphia Police Department.
A review of the Facebook accounts of thousands of officers around the US — the largest database of its kind — found officers endorsing violence against Muslims, women, and criminal defendants.