Community Courts and the Fight Against Quality-of-Life Crimes

by Brian Gilbert, Summer Intern with Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice On June 27th of this year, as the Chicago Sun-Times reported here, five-term Alderman Michael Zalewski proposed a bill to raise the fines for adult graffiti taggers from $750 to $2,000, and to mandate a minimum of three days in...
July 16, 2012

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What We Read, February 27-March 2, 2012 Immigration Court Reform: The 11th Circuit heard arguments on Thursday, March 1, on immigration laws in Alabama and Georgia, modeled after the notorious Arizona immigration law. The Arizona law goes before the Supreme Court of the U.S. in April. The 11th...
March 2, 2012

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What We Read, January 2-6, 2012 Happy new year, everyone!   Judicial Elections and Judiciary Reform: Super PACS are already having a significant effect on the 2012 elections, according to the LA Times.    Community Justice: President Obama has appointed Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer...
January 6, 2012
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