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    Maya Dukmasova

    Maya Dukmasova

    Maya is a senior reporter at Injustice Watch covering judges and the courts. Before joining the organization in 2021 she was a senior staff writer at the Chicago Reader, where she began working in 2016. Maya was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of nine. She’s lived in Chicago since 2013.

    Judicial Conduct
    3d rendering gavel and a red heart on white background

    Proposed judicial ethics code is silent on courthouse romances

    By Maya Dukmasova | February 14, 2022

    The code of conduct for judges may get a long-overdue update, but critics say the revision should have banned relationships between judges and their subordinates.

    News
    The sillouhettes of judges huddled in a rrom with their backs turned.

    Applications open for 10 new Cook County associate judges

    By Maya Dukmasova | February 2, 2022

    Associate judges are picked by the elected circuit judges in a closed-door process that some say privileges political insiders.

    Judicial Elections
    A map showing the 20 new judicial subcircuits in Cook County

    Illinois legislature creates five new judicial subcircuits in Cook County to further diversify the bench

    By Maya Dukmasova | January 12, 2022

    Bill rushed through state legislature last week promises years of hyperlocal judicial races, which could make it easier to become a judge but might come at a cost to the Cook County Democratic Party.

    Judicial Elections
    Five people in business attire, two seated, three standing, in front of a grey wall.

    Democrats endorsed for Cook County judge are diverse, experienced — and loyal

    By Maya Dukmasova | December 14, 2021

    Cook County Democrats slated 10 candidates and 12 alternates for judicial seats for the 2022 primary election.

    Español
    Illustration of Judge Gregory Vazquez

    Uso intensivo del monitor de sobriedad SCRAM ordenado por el juez Vázquez evidencia falta de supervisión

    By Maya Dukmasova | December 14, 2021

    Considerado como un castigo compasivo por conducir en estado de ebriedad, SCRAM tiene un alto costo para los acusados. Un juez de Maywood lo usa con frecuencia y sin supervisión.

    A judge in a Black robe with a pile of SCRAM bracelets at his feet
    Judicial Conduct

    Cook County judge Vazquez’s heavy use of sobriety monitor highlights oversight gaps

    By Maya Dukmasova | December 8, 2021

    Billed as a humane punishment for drunk driving, SCRAM comes at a heavy cost for defendants. One judge in Maywood uses it often, and without oversight.

    Judicial Elections
    Toni Preckwinkle sits in the foreground in a green jacket, while Joanne Fehn stands at a lecturn in the large and airy IBEW Local 134 union hall

    Judicial hopefuls seek Cook County Democratic Party’s endorsement for 2022 primary

    By Maya Dukmasova and Chloe Hilles | October 15, 2021

    A diverse lineup of judicial candidates courted the party’s central committee at the obscure “pre-slating” event.

    Judicial Elections
    Ald. Howard Brookins (21st Ward), who is planning to run in the next Cook County judicial election, in June 2022.

    Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. eyeing a run for Cook County judge

    By Maya Dukmasova | October 13, 2021

    “I’ve been splitting my time between the practice of law and being a city council member, and I have never been one to think that I would die in office,” Brookins said.

    News
    Camera footage released by the city from the scene of a botched 2012 burglary that left one suspect dead and two others seriously wounded.

    Chicago may finally pay $1 million to estate of man cops killed in botched burglary

    By Maya Dukmasova | September 30, 2021

    The Illinois Appellate Court ordered Chicago to pay nearly $1 million to the estate of David Strong. He was killed in a 2012 police shooting after cops fired 75 shots at a stolen van he and two accomplices used trying to flee the scene of an attempted burglary.

    News

    After 34 years, a murder conviction quietly reversed in 4 minutes

    By Maya Dukmasova | September 15, 2021

    James Allen, convicted of three murders on scant evidence, remains a long way from freedom.

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