In Cook County courts: Not guilty? Go to jail anyway
By Rob WildeboerIn Cook County courts: Not guilty? Go to jail anyway
By Rob Wildeboer
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Cook County has a pretty curious way of dealing with people who are acquitted in court, people who are found not guilty. The county has a practice of violating their constitutional rights, and the practice goes back decades. That’s what happened to a man named Calvin Marshall. You can hear what Marshall went through after he was found not guilty of murder by clicking on the audio above.