Josh McGhee covers courts, corrections, and racial equity at Injustice Watch. He has reported on various topics in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs over the last decade. He comes to Injustice Watch after covering inequality and criminal justice at The Chicago Reporter. He’s previously worked as an executive producer at WVON, and as a reporter at the former neighborhood news website DNAinfo Chicago.
As a candidate, Iris Martinez said the Freedom of Information Act was the ‘only way’ to address problems in the scandal-plagued office, but now she backs a transparency bill that critics say is toothless.
The Judicial Quality Act passed out of a state Senate committee Wednesday, despite opposition from the Illinois Supreme Court.
The Sentencing Project’s latest report explores “America’s enduring reliance on life imprisonment.”