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    Sky Patterson

    Sky Patterson is a 2022 Injustice Watch reporting resident. Sky has loved research ever since they were a political science student at Northwestern University, where their honors thesis examined the effects of stop-and-frisk policing on political participation in Chicago. During college, they also worked as a researcher for BallotReady and Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. After working in public service post-graduation, Sky became even more passionate about the accessibility of information on political institutions and the economy. They are currently a fact-checker for South Side Weekly and a reporting fellow with City Bureau, where they are writing about Chicago’s guaranteed income program. Sky loves biking, craft beer, and trying to finish a Monday New York Times crossword in under 15 minutes.

    Judicial Elections
    Five people stand in a courtroom in front of a judge with clipboards, ready to evaluate him.

    Is there a better way to evaluate retention judges?

    By Sky Patterson | November 3, 2022

    Nearly half of states have public commissions that evaluate judges’ performance. But Illinois, where voters rely on evaluations from bar associations, has historically resisted judicial reforms.

    Events
    Four people in professional dress seated behind a table with microphones in front of them, speaking on a panel about the Cook County courts.

    6 takeaways from our community conversation about systemic issues in the Cook County courts

    By Maureen Dunne and Sky Patterson | September 16, 2022

    Injustice Watch convened a community conversation about systemic inequities in the Cook County courts and possible solutions last month, as part of The Circuit, our ongoing collaborative investigation into two decades of Cook County court data.

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