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Why We Court-Watch

Why do we court-watch? https://www.chicagoappleseed.org/2022/08/22/northwestern-report-highlights-issues-with-court-culture/ Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts conducts court-watching in a variety of civil and criminal courtrooms in Cook County. Our volunteers observe courtrooms as a m...

NEW REPORT: $tate of Injustice – Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice Statewide Bond Court-Watching

The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice (INPJ) has released its report, $tate of Injustice: A Community Review of Bond Courts in Illinois, a statewide court-watching project aimed to document the human cost of the current money bond system in Illinois and demonstrate the necessity of the Pretrial...

All People Deserve Access to Their Rights – Especially Those as Foundational as the Presumption of Innocence

Cook County leads the nation in exonerations based on false confessions. Between 1972 and 1991, Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge tortured at least 119 people – most of whom were young Black men – in order to force false confessions. Cook County still lives in that legacy: Between January 1989 and...

More than 65 Community Groups Call on the City of Chicago to Focus on Root Causes of Violence Instead of Punishment

Every year, Chicago experiences rising temperatures coinciding with heightened gun violence. To combat this issue, Mayor Lightfoot announced plans for increasing the number of police on the street and stricter curfews. Instead of helping with violence, this will only increase the number of people be...

Community Resource: “Know Your Rights” in Immigration Courts

Part of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts’ mission to create equitable, accessible courts includes providing free educational information for legislators, researchers, journalists, and community members as they navigate the opaque court systems of Cook County and Illinois. Our Community Resou...

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