Illinois State Capitol, Photo by Daniel Schwen

Drug Field Testing Bill Passes

  Last week, HB0356, a bill establishing a pilot drug field-testing program for the city of Chicago passed both houses of the Illinois legislature. The bill, chiefly sponsored by Representative Zalewski in the House and Senator Harmon in the Senate, was developed in collaboration with Chicago...
June 1, 2015

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Supporting Field Testing Bill

  Today the Chicago Sun-Times issued an editorial in support of the Field Drug Testing Pilot Bill that Chicago Appleseed was instrumental in developing. The editorial can be found here and previous entries on our blog describing the issue can be found here.  The current version of the bill HB3...
May 5, 2015

Links of Interest — June 3, 2011

What We Read, May 30 – June 3, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: The ABA advocates several common sense ways for States to save money while furthering goals of criminal justice. MacArthur Justice Center Director Locke Bowman remains skeptical about Mayor Emmanuel's pick for Police Superinten...
June 3, 2011

Forum on Police Accountability

The Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed, in conjunction with the American Constitution Society (Chicago chapter), are pleased to announce the upcoming "Forum on Police Accountability." DATE: Monday June 28, 2010TIME: 12-1:30pmPLACE: Sidley Austin LLP, 1 South Dearborn, ChicagoSpeakers:...
June 7, 2010
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