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    Cook County Judicial Election 2018

    This fall, voters will vote on whether to retain 62 Cook County judges for new six-year terms on the Circuit Court. To help readers with their decision, Injustice Watch is studying the records of those candidates.

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    As Cook County Judge Coghlan seeks retention, concerns over lawsuit, rulings

    By Mari Cohen and Rick Tulsky | June 28, 2018

    Cook County judge Matthew Coghlan is among 62 Cook County judges who will ask voters to retain them for new terms in the November election. But Coghlan has some issues, including a current lawsuit contending he conspired with a disgraced Chicago police detective to frame two men for murder.

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