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New Report from Appleseed & Community Partners on State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office

Chicago Appleseed, The People’s Lobby and Reclaim Chicago are proud to release today our new report, “In Pursuit of Justice for All: An Evaluation of Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office,” which assesses State's Attorney Foxx’s progress on her reform goals during her first year in office....

More than 70 Organizations & Individuals Call for Supreme Court Rule on Bail

Advocates Urge Illinois Supreme Court to Issue Rule Change to Stop Jailing People Due to Poverty A letter endorsed by local and national community organizations & former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asks Illinois Supreme Court to address Illinois’ unconstitutional money bail system. O...

Monday Press Conference: First Major Hearing For Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Jailing Thousands Too Poor to Afford Bond

Coalition to End Money Bond Press contacts: Sharlyn Grace, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, 773-946-8535, sharlyngrace@chicagoappleseed.org Max Suchan, Director of Operations, Chicago Community Bond Fund, 773-551-2353, max@chicagobond.org Twitter: #EndMoneyBail | Facebook event...

Cook County Chief Judge Announces New Order Limiting Use of Monetary Bond

Chicago Appleseed and our partner Chicago Council of Lawyers applaud today’s announcement by Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, that his office will direct judges to set monetary bonds only in amounts that people can pay. This move brings Cook County in line with a re...

Cook County State’s Attorney Announces New Policy for Bond Recommendations

On Monday, June 12th, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced that her office has instituted a new policy instructing her prosecutors to recommend I-Bonds in many kinds of cases. In Illinois, I-Bonds are the form of pretrial release that does not require payment of money before release. I-Bo...

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