Injustice Watch
Jan 13, 2025 · Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the court system.
Three Cook County judges close to losing seats following scrutiny
Nov 6, 2024 · Editor’s note: This story describes preliminary results as they stood the day after the Nov. 5 election. For our report on the final election results, click here. One Cook County judge …
Cook County Chief Judge issues eviction court reform order
Nov 14, 2024 · Tenants who live in substandard housing and face evictions got a boost from Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans last week, when he issued a new order …
Shannon O’Malley, judge who changed his name, loses retention ...
Nov 21, 2024 · For the third time in the past four elections, voters removed a Cook County judge from the bench — something which hadn’t happened in the previous three decades. Judge …
Cook County judicial retention candidates include some with …
Oct 8, 2024 · Despite some judges with tax debts, arrests, and residency questions, the Cook County judicial retention races have drawn little attention.
Sheriff Tom Dart skips hearing on Cook County Jail deaths
Dec 19, 2024 · Dart, who oversees the jail, sent top deputies to the county board hearing, where family members of those who died offered emotional testimony.
Former U.S. Attorney Webb Named Special Prosecutor in Smollett …
Aug 23, 2019 · The case of former Empire star Jussie Smollett case now in hands of former U.S. Attorney Daniel K. Webb. As special prosecutor, Webb will both review the controversial …
Jury trials are disappearing. Here’s why. - Injustice Watch
Feb 17, 2021 · Less than 2% of federal criminal cases go to a jury trial. A new study sheds light on the reasons so many people forego their day in court.
Darlie Lynn Routier: Remains in prison, awaiting long-overdue …
Oct 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 …
Reforms to help Chicago tenants stalled but advocates have hope ...
Nov 20, 2024 · Chicago tenant advocates are asking for at least $20 million in the city’s 2025 budget to help tenants fight against what they say are unfair evictions,