Cook County’s court reopening is drawing surprisingly positive reviews
When the right to a speedy trial resumed in October many predicted chaos and a rush of dropped cases, but that hasn’t happened.
When the right to a speedy trial resumed in October many predicted chaos and a rush of dropped cases, but that hasn’t happened.
The run of testifying defendants raises the question of whether a shift in thinking is occurring among lawyers, many of whom have long regarded putting clients on the stand as a desperate, last-resort option.
The number of workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has shot up since Gov. JB Pritzker announced a vaccine requirement.
Chicago has surpassed 800 homicide deaths in 2021 — that’s higher than any year since 1996.
More than 800 people were killed this year in Chicago, most due to gun violence. Families share the stories of how their loved ones lived.
This year is ending with more homicides than 2016 and 2020, the most violent years since the crack epidemic.
It’s happening nearly three years after Chicago Police mistakenly raided the innocent woman’s apartment on the city’s West Side.
In some states low-level drug arrests are tickets, but in Illinois it’s a felony. Is it time to make minor drug charges a misdemeanor?
Most arrests for small amounts of drugs are quickly dismissed in court, but the consequences can still be life-altering.
We talked to the program director of Healing Hurt People, a local nonprofit that helps individuals who have experienced violence recover and chart a new path forward.