Know your rights
Know your rights: What to do if you’re a student facing school discipline
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A Chicago civil rights attorney offers advice for students facing school discipline and their parents.
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Conozca sus derechos: qué hacer si es un estudiante que enfrenta una disciplina escolar
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Un abogado de derechos civiles de Chicago ofrece consejos para los estudiantes que enfrentan disciplina escolar y sus padres.
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Blessed are the Meek
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White draped robes surround me—fists and hands and stones. Hot winds of dusk stroke cheeks, cracked earth caresses my bare feet.
News
DNA disproves evidence used to convict two in 1986 Chicago murder, lawyers say
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Recent DNA testing supports the contention of inmates Curtis Croft and Demetrius Henderson that they have spent years in prison for a rape and murder they did not commit, a newly-filed petition states.
News
Everything you should know about Chicago police accountability
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A judge’s order that the dashboard video of Chicago Police Department officer Jason Van Dyke shooting to death 17-year old Laquan McDonald has set off an avalanche of developments that continue to unfold. On Monday U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch announced the U.S. Department of Justice is opening a probe into the pattern and practices of the Chicago Police Department. That probe had been called for by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and supported by demonstrators and many politicians locally and nationally. At first Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed his own panel of Chicago lawyers, said he opposed the idea of a Justice Department investigation. Quickly he changed course and said he supported the investigation.
Bad Judgment
In Illinois, punishment is slow and lenient for errant judges
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It commonly takes years to act against judges who violate the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct, and the punishment seldom is more than a public reprimand, Injustice Watch’s first investigation found.
Commentary
Reform must come through mayor — not top cop
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Whoever gets the superintendent job next, whether white, black or neither, will just be another puppet, someone whose strings can be cut by the mayor the next time there’s a scandal.