Without courtroom interpreters, language gaps can lead to confusion, misunderstandings and wrongful trial outcomes. Cook ...
On Oct. 14, Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $260.8 million police misconduct settlement–the largest in U.S. history. The payout covers more than a dozen wrongful conviction lawsuits ...
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On Oct. 14, Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $260.8 million police misconduct settlement–the largest in U.S. history. The payout covers more than a dozen wrongful conviction lawsuits ...
On Oct. 14, Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $260.8 million police misconduct settlement–the largest in U.S. history. The payout covers more than a dozen wrongful conviction lawsuits ...
On Oct. 14, Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $260.8 million police misconduct settlement–the largest in U.S. history. The payout covers more than a dozen wrongful conviction lawsuits ...
This story was co-published with the Chicago Reader. Gary Sams could hardly breathe. He had begun experiencing early symptoms of rapidly progressing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive ...
It’s just after 9:30 on a recent Tuesday morning. Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Clarence Burch takes off his wire-rimmed glasses, rubs his eyes with the palms of his hands and slides them ...
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Community Peacekeepers say reducing shootings means confronting poverty, trauma and instability in the neighborhoods most impacted by violence. Fifteen miles south of the Magnificent Mile, Roseland’s ...
Kids at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center have been confined to their cells more than 55,000 times in the past two-and-a-half years. Taken together, the time they’ve spent in ...