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    eviction court

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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.

    The Circuit: Decoding the Cook County Court System

    This story is part of The Circuit, a data-driven collaboration to investigate and reveal how Cook County’s courts work.

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