Immigration
¿Conoce a alguien que haya sido deportado después de recibir una condena penal?
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Injustice Watch y Borderless Magazine necesitan tú ayuda para investigar las consecuencias que enfrentan los indocumentados después de una condena penal.
Immigration
Do you know someone who has been deported after a criminal conviction?
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Injustice Watch and Borderless Magazine need your help to investigate the consequences noncitizens face after a criminal conviction.
News
Two Cook County judges on verge of losing seats as vote counting continues
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With nearly all the votes counted, Judge Jackie Portman-Brown did not get enough “yes” votes to stay on the bench as of Tuesday. Another judge is holding on to his seat by 282 votes.
Claps
Cook County judge acquitted of gun charge got break others have not
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An Injustice Watch investigation identified 14 cases of defendants of color convicted on gun charges based on testimony or video, though no gun was found. The convictions stand in contrast to what happened when Cook County associate Judge Joseph Claps was acquitted after dropping what deputies called a gun on the floor of the courthouse lobby.
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
Cook County Chief Judge sues County Board over budget
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Cook County’s Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans filed suit against the Cook County Board Thursday, contending the budget cuts would require laying off 161 court employees and put in jeopardy recent efforts to revamp the county’s bail system.
The Long Wait
With little hope left of parole, inmates look to the courts for release
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After all but giving up hope of release by the agency tasked with considering their parole, two inmates are searching for other ways out of prison.
Judicial Election Guides
Past blemishes no bar to seeking Cook County judicial seat
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If history is a guide, the principal attributes of the winners in Cook County’s judicial races will not be their qualifications — their legal experience, education, and temperament — but rather the ethnicity of their names, their skin color, gender, campaign financing, and ballot position.
Judicial Election Guides
Becoming a Circuit Judge in Cook County
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Becoming a circuit judge in Cook County is a complex process. Here’s an explanation of how it works.
Bad Judgment
Marriage Court: Cook County’s $180,000 judicial rubber room
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As judicial misconduct investigations drag on, judges in limbo outside courtrooms — with pay.