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    Matt Jones

    The Long Wait

    Aging prisoners left to arbitrary process to win release

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | October 2, 2017

    A state board uses an arbitrary and opaque process to decide whether prisoners convicted of committing violent crimes decades ago should be released, an Injustice Watch review has found. The process is wracked by subjectivity, and that problem is not confined to Illinois.

    The Long Wait

    No more chances: An inmate’s plea for another shot

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | October 2, 2017

    In 1993, Larry Kurina was paroled by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board after serving roughly 17 years for murder. After pleading guilty to a low-level felony in 2005, he has been back in custody since.

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    The Circuit: Decoding the Cook County Court System

    The Circuit is a data-driven collaboration between Injustice Watch, The Better Government Association, and Datamade to investigate and reveal how Cook County’s courts work.

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