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WEB2 days ago · Our goal is one of public service: to listen to and center people affected by institutional injustices and provide our community with the information and resources needed to hold power to account. As a nonprofit newsroom, our work is made possible by donations from readers like you. Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism ...
Darlie Lynn Routier: Remains in prison, awaiting long-overdue …
WEBOct 29, 2019 · Responding to Darlie Lynn Routier’s frantic 911 call from her Dallas County home in 1996, police found her two sons, Devon Routier, 6, and Damon Routier, 5, dying of stab wounds. There were knife wounds to Routier’s neck, forearm and shoulder. A broken wine glass lay on the ground, and there was a torn window screen in the garage.
Jury trials are disappearing. Here's why. | Injustice Watch
WEBFeb 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 …
Judicial Elections - Injustice Watch
WEBApr 11, 2024 · The next judicial elections in Illinois will take place on November 5, 2024. In Cook County, 78 judges will be running to retain their seats on the bench. Injustice Watch’s judicial election guide for the 2024 general election will be out in early October. Scroll down to learn more about the upcoming judicial races, read original reporting ...
3 challenges for the new Cook County public defender - Injustice …
WEBJun 4, 2021 · 3 challenges and opportunities for the new Cook County public defender. A fair and equitable justice system depends on the public defenders whose job it is to represent those people who cannot afford a lawyer. Public defense work is civil rights work. It is the public defender who raises questions about interrogation methods, unlawful police ...
Judicial Hopefuls Seek Democratic Party Endorsement for 2022 …
WEBOct 15, 2021 · More than 40 prospective candidates for judge presented their credentials to the Cook County Democratic committee on Thursday, seeking the party’s nomination for the June 2022 primary election. Each candidate for circuit court and appellate court seats got about four minutes at the podium in the vast and airy union hall of the International ...
SCRAM monitor comes at heavy cost for defendants
WEBDec 8, 2021 · Cook County judge Vazquez’s heavy use of sobriety monitor highlights oversight gaps. Billed as a humane punishment for drunk driving, SCRAM comes at a heavy cost for defendants. One judge in Maywood uses it often, and without oversight. by Maya Dukmasova December 8, 2021. Facebook. X.
Our Staff - Injustice Watch
WEBMaya Dukmasova Senior Reporter Maya Dukmasova reports on judges, prisons, and the courts. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2021, Maya was a senior writer at the Chicago Reader, where she produced award-winning long-form features and investigative stories, as well as profiles, film reviews, and essays on a wide range of topics.
Kary B. Mullis: A lament for the loss of a life that saved many
WEBAug 18, 2019 · More than a score of innocent men sentenced to death in 13 states have been exonerated and freed from prison in the last 26 years thanks to Kary Banks Mullis, who died this month at age 74 at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. Mullis was neither a lawyer nor an activist. Rather he was a biochemist, whose contribution to …
Consequences of Over 200,000 People Serving Life in U.S. Prisons
WEBDec 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 ...
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