“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.
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Cook County Public Defender’s Office seeks federal grant to expand its mental health services
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The office applied for an $800,000 federal grant to add clinicians and case workers to its small mental health unit.
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Cook County courts unveil ‘diverse’ slate of associate judge finalists
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On Tuesday, the chief judge’s office released the names of 44 candidates, half of whom will be chosen by circuit judges to fill vacancies.
The Courts
Chicago advocates press chief judge on domestic violence court access, treatment of survivors
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Survivors of gender-based violence face barriers to court access that have worsened amid the Covid-19 pandemic, advocates and attorneys say. Chief Judge Tim Evans has pledged to enact changes in response to the criticism.
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Illinois appellate court denies exonerated man’s innocence certificate
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While the state vacated Wayne Washington’s 1996 conviction for Marshall Morgan’s murder, he’s still fighting an uphill battle for an innocence certificate.
Cook County Public Defender
In Illinois, you (still) don’t have a right to a speedy trial
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At the start of the pandemic, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended defendants’ constitutional rights to a speedy trial as courtrooms closed throughout the state. But even as pandemic restrictions are lifted across the board, the right to a speedy trial remains on hold.