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The history and harm behind Illinois’s criminal HIV transmission law

By Adam M. Rhodes (The Chicago Reader) | June 7, 2021

Injustice Watch and the Chicago Reader examined the origins of Illinois’s HIV transmission law, how Cook County prosecutors have leveraged it, and its impacts on people charged. The investigation is part of The Circuit, a courts data project from Injustice Watch, the BGA, and DataMade.

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Meet the Cook County judge attorneys least want to appear before

By Emily Hoerner and Casey Toner (Better Government Association) | October 22, 2020

Judge Diane Gordon Cannon criticized for verbal outbursts, a pro-prosecution bent and jailing of probationers for sometimes-minor infractions.

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Explore nearly two decades of Cook County court data

By Injustice Watch, The Better Government Association, The Chicago Reporter and DataMade | October 22, 2020

A new collaboration allows a first-of-its-kind look at more than 3 million Cook County criminal court cases since 2000.