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    Jeanne Kuang

    Jeanne Kuang

    Jeanne writes about criminal justice and immigration. She received a bachelor’s degree in 2016 from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Jeanne has reported as an intern at the Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, NBC Los Angeles, and The Star in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has also worked at the Medill Justice Project and served as managing editor of the student-run paper The Daily Northwestern. Jeanne is interested in migration, corruption, civil rights, and the intersection of law and social issues.

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    News

    Defense attorneys contend Cook County judge seeking retention showed bias

    By Jeanne Kuang, Caroline Riordan and Duohao Xu | September 20, 2018

    As he seeks retention, Cook County Circuit Judge Michael McHale faces questions about his conduct handling a series of criminal trials. Defense attorneys in one contend he engaged in improper contacts with prosecutors.

    Katrina Burlet speaks at a press conference with small crowd of supporters behind her
    News

    Illinois prison officials quashed First Amendment rights, lawsuit says

    By Jeanne Kuang and Emily Hoerner | August 28, 2018

    A lawsuit contends the Illinois Department of Corrections halted a debate program not for security, but because prisoners had found a way to raise concerns with legislators and other state officials.

    News

    Records of Illinois parole board show just how rarely inmates win release

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | July 27, 2018

    Getting voting records of the members of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board dating back to 2013 was no easy task. Those records reveal a system in which aging prisoners locked up at least 40 years have almost no chance of winning support for their release from the board members, a majority of whom have denied about four of every five cases.

    News

    Cook County judge rules she lacks power to find cash bail unconstitutional

    By Jeanne Kuang | June 28, 2018

    Coalition of reform groups hoped to win ruling that cash bail system discriminated against pre-trial detainees held because they could not make bail, while wealthier defendants walked free before trial. But Cook County Chancery judge concludes the lawsuit was asking for relief that was beyond her authority to grant.

    News

    Chicago police gang database is error-prone, discriminatory, lawsuit says

    By Jeanne Kuang | June 19, 2018

    A group of four residents and six community groups took the City to court on Tuesday, contending that the Chicago police department gang database includes residents simply based on their race or neighborhood. And the results are steep, the lawsuit says, impacting police stops, immigration relief, and bail consideration.

    Left: Cyntoia Brown in an undated photo in prison; right: the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati
    Less than Life

    U.S. Appeals Court hears arguments on youth sentence of 51 years before parole

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | June 15, 2018

    Was Cyntoia Brown, convicted of murder at age 16 and given a sentence that would make her eligible for release at age 67, given an unconstitutional life sentence?

    The bench
    Less than Life

    Illinois high court to consider how much time is too much for youth crime

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | June 4, 2018

    The Illinois Supreme Court will consider whether a sentence of 50 years without parole for a 16-year-old violates the state and federal constitutions. Courts nationwide and in Illinois have struggled with where to draw the line for crimes committed by juveniles.

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    Letter delivery

    Stalled Stateville prison debate class members demand program’s return

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | May 30, 2018

    Supporters of the debate class at the Stateville Correctional Center, a program correction department officials abruptly suspended last month, delivered a letter Wednesday to Governor Bruce Rauner’s office demanding the program’s reinstatement and an executive order granting legislators access to prison facilities.

    News

    After prisoners debate parole before Illinois lawmakers, state halts class

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | May 29, 2018

    Last month, Illinois Department of Corrections officials abruptly suspended a popular debate class for inmates at Stateville Correctional Center that had brought in an audience legislators and state officials. Corrections officials offered no explanation of the decision to Injustice Watch.

    News

    Brocton Lockwood, judge and mole in Cook County corruption case, dies

    By Jeanne Kuang | May 24, 2018

    The retired judge from Southern Illinois wore a wire in Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s to aid Operation Greylord, a federal investigation into Cook County’s judicial corruption.

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