Criminal Justice Reform
Bill named for Chicago domestic violence victim allegedly shot and killed by husband this summer By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] CHICAGO – As lawmakers prepare to return to Springfield later this month for their annual two-week fall veto session, advocates…
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Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based…
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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
CHICAGO (AP) — It took four and a half months for Shannon Ross’ life to unravel. Ross, who describes himself as Indigenous and a person of color, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges and ultimately found…
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An estimated one in five homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC also reports that about 75% of female domestic violence survivors and 48% of male survivors experience some…
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CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS) – The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a state law ending cash bail across the state, giving courts two more months before they must implement the change. In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court…
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Anti-criminal violence advocates rallied in the state Capitol on Thursday, pushing a slate of bills they say will better serve survivors and victims in Illinois. Aswad Thomas, national director of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, was on his way…
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States Attorney Haine, I was disappointed to read your letter and watch your television interview defending a criminal justice status quo where accused murderers, domestic batterers, rapists, and other dangerous criminals can buy their way out of jail pending trial…
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