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    Steve Garrison is a summer intern at Injustice Watch. He has covered crime and courts for newspapers in Wisconsin, New Mexico and Indiana. He currently works as a research assistant at Investigative Reporters and Editors while pursuing his master’s degree at the Missouri School of Journalism.

    Judicial Elections

    Two Cook County judges, indicted Ald. Ed Burke partnered in investment club

    By Steve Garrison | September 11, 2020

    Michael Toomin, one of the judges, who presides over the juvenile justice division, is running for retention in November.

    News

    Lawsuit claiming Tom Dart unlawfully detained people after they posted bond can go forward

    By Steve Garrison | July 24, 2020

    The Cook County Sheriff’s policy to reject some people who had been ordered released on electronic monitoring may have violated the Fourth Amendment, an appellate court ruled.

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