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Illinois Supreme Court candidate Shelly Harris has contended that the accusation that he acted unethically on behalf of a nephew is a false charge by a former colleague who supports an opponent in his race.
A single candidate has poured more than $1.9 million of his own money into the campaign, making this race more expensive than the last two Illinois Supreme Court races combined.
As of March 11, the three white candidates in the Illinois Supreme Court election have outraised the four people of color by a ratio of 2-to-1.
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Illinois hit 25 on Wednesday, officials throughout the state’s justice system are moving to respond to the new threat.
Larry Krasner’s office has asked the court to clear the conviction and sentence of Ogrod, who has served nearly three decades in prison for the murder of a 4-year-old girl.
Her experience echoes other troubling accounts about how Alabama prison officials handle critically injured or sick prisoners and their families during medical crises, and how little they reveal about those cases, even when inmates die.
After a federal jury awarded $6.2 million to a Chicago man who contend his confession to rape had been the product of torture by Chicago police, civil rights attorneys challenge the city’s vigorous efforts to fight the case.
The family of Marquette Cummings sued the Alabama prison system in 2015 after doctors took him off life support under instructions from a warden.
As Injustice Watch launches our 2020 Judicial Election Voting Guide, we’re answering some common questions about how judicial elections work.
Injustice Watch’s guide to the 2020 Cook County judicial primary elections.