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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Evans announced a new policy today that will require judges to consider what an arrestee can pay before setting a cash bond amount. The measure goes into effect September 18, 2017.
Dorothy Varallo-Speckeen pleaded guilty to and served time for misdemeanor battery causing bodily harm to a child she babysat, but says she felt coerced into admitting a crime she says she didn’t commit.
The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation was followed to obtain her confession, which researchers describe as the gold standard for interrogating suspects. A majority of law enforcement officials are being trained to use it or another method based on it, but critics are now questioning the technique.
Our team collaborated with City Bureau, In These Times, and Invisible Institute to annotate the FOP’s contract with the city of Chicago.
An Injustice Watch analysis shows the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois prosecuted far fewer gun crimes than comparable districts.
When respected law professor Albert Alschuler said renowned federal appeals court judge Frank Easterbrook engaged in “eight whoppers” in a high-profile case, Injustice Watch undertook a review of the judge’s other cases. The result: A pattern of misrepresenting facts: Misstatements, omissions and wrong assumptions.