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    Failure to record Cook County eviction court hearings leaves tenants vulnerable

    By Olivia Stovicek and Mari Cohen | April 25, 2018

    State court officials plan to install equipment that will record eviction court hearings. But timing is not certain. In the meantime, tenants remain without record of what occurred, making appeals difficult.

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    Injustice Watch announces launch of Chicago Data Collaborative

    By Injustice Watch Staff | January 26, 2018

    The Chicago Data Collaborative was founded, with Injustice Watch serving as fiscal sponsor, so that member organizations — research institutions, journalism organizations and transparency-minded groups — would work together to gather data and make it accessible.

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    Wide range of groups push for statewide change on bail

    By Mari Cohen | November 14, 2017

    A coalition of legal organizations and civil rights groups have banded together to tell the state Supreme Court: Now is the time to change the system of bail throughout Illinois.

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    Cook County bail system reforms unveiled; advocates worry not enough

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | September 18, 2017

    After years of protests, lawsuits, and complaints from county officials, the Cook County Circuit Court on Monday unveiled its long-awaited bail system reform.

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    Home is no castle for some Cook County defendants; it’s jail

    By Larry Green | November 18, 2016

    More than 2,000 people each day are out of Cook County Jail but awaiting trial under an “electronic ball and chain”: They can’t work, go to school, pick up their children, or even buy groceries without a judicial “okay.”

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    Change difficult as bail system’s powerful hold continues punishing the poor

    By Injustice Watch Staff | October 14, 2016

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    13 states have never exonerated a prisoner based on DNA evidence. Here’s why.

    Hundreds of state prisoners have successfully used DNA evidence to win exonerations in the past three decades — except in 13 states. The states are Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.

    Cook County judicial candidate, colleague misled jury into wrongful conviction

    This is the first of a series of Injustice Watch reports on candidates and campaigning for the Cook County Circuit Court 2018 elections.  Longtime Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Gerber achieved his lifelong dream in December 2016 when the state Supreme Court appointed him to the Cook County Circuit Court, filling a vacancy. But as he now runs to win a full six-year term, Gerber faces a potential obstacle: Another Cook County judge has ruled that Gerber and a second prosecutor made false statements to a jury that led to a wrongful conviction.

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