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Sheriff Tom Dart blames detainees overdosing on drug-laced paper and says he’s addressed the problem, but experts say there’s a renewed need for oversight. Injustice Watch is the only newsroom in Cook County dedicated to reporting on the court system. Our goal is one of public service: to listen to and center people affected by ...
Cook County judicial retention candidates include some with …
Oct 8, 2024 · Injustice Watch on Tuesday published the only substantive media coverage of the judicial retention election so far: a guide with professional and personal information on the 75 circuit judges and two appellate judges up for a vote in Cook County on Nov. 5. Every two years, a small part of the judiciary stands for retention, and to stay on the ...
Judicial Elections - Injustice Watch
Oct 30, 2024 · Running for retention Nov. 5, Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr. faces criticism from two prominent bar groups after disclosures of inappropriate tax exemptions he took on a house in Will County. Since the Injustice Watch report earlier this month, the veteran judge moved to rescind the tax breaks. by David Jackson and Kelly Garcia October 17, 2024.
How can I find more information about voting for judges
Nov 4, 2022 · With the 2022 midterm elections less than a week away and early voting underway, we’re partnering again with WBEZ’s “Curious City” to answer your last-minute questions about how judicial elections work and where you can find more information about the candidates on the upcoming ballot.. Senior reporter Maya Dukmasova spoke with “Curious City” editor Alexandra Salomon to answer ...
Do you know these Cook County judges running for retention?
Jul 11, 2024 · This November, more than 75 Cook County judges are up for retention. Injustice Watch researches each Cook County judicial candidate for our comprehensive judicial election guide. We examine their professional backgrounds, political connections, high-profile cases, and cases where their decisions have been overturned by a higher court.
Consequences of Over 200,000 People Serving Life in U.S. Prisons
Dec 5, 2023 · People 55 years old and older, who run a higher risk of serious complications and death from Covid-19, make up 12% of the state prison populations but 30% of people serving life, the study found. In 2020, 61,417 people older than age 55 were serving a life sentence, according to the study. Prisons are fiscally responsible for housing, feeding ...
Democrats pick judicial candidates for 2024 | Injustice Watch
Aug 15, 2023 · Here is the full list of judicial candidates endorsed by the Cook County Democratic Party for the 2024 primary election. For Illinois Supreme Court. Joy V. Cunningham. For Appellate Court. Mary L. Mikva. Cynthia Y. Cobbs. Carl Anthony Walker. Ramon Ocasio III. …
Judge sleeping at trial does not require reversal | Injustice Watch
Oct 30, 2017 · The majority opinion was written by Daniel L. Schmidt and joined by William E. Holdridge. In dissent, Justice Mary K. O’Brien wrote that she considered a judge falling asleep to be automatically grounds for reversal, likening the judge’s falling asleep to a judge who left the bench to take a telephone call during trial, which the Illinois State Supreme Court concluded in 1996 required a ...
5 big ideas to stop sentencing innocent people to death
Dec 13, 2019 · Of more than 8,500 death sentences issued since 1976, only 166 people have won exoneration — just under two percent — but legal experts estimated in 2014 that courts sentence innocent criminal defendants to death at more than twice that rate. Larry Swearingen was executed by the state of Texas in August. Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Jury trials are disappearing. Here's why. | Injustice Watch
Feb 17, 2021 · Mandatory Minimum Sentences. In the federal criminal justice system, fewer than 2% of cases went to trial in the 12-month period ending in March 2020, the most recent for which data from the federal judiciary is available. Fifty percent of judges and 85% percent of defense attorneys surveyed by Diamond and Salerno said that mandatory minimum ...