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NEW REPORT – When You’re a Hammer, Everything’s a Nail: Examining the “Progressive Prosecutor” Movement and Possibilities for Future Reform

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers have released our new report: When You're a Hammer, Everything's a Nail: Examining the "Progressive Prosecutor" Movement and Possibilities for Future Reform. This report is a high-level examination of ideas behind the na...

REPORT: Progressive Promises – Results of a Reform Prosecutor in Cook County

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, The People’s Lobby, and Reclaim Chicago have released our ninth report discussing the current state of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Since State’s Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx took office in Cook County, our coalition h...

VICTORY: Appellate Court Rules to Preserve the Sanctity of Survivor Privileges in Illinois

On Friday, July 10, Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers submitted an amicus brief in the Illinois Appellate case of People v. Gomez-Ramirez (AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center, Bolingbrook, and Alexian Brothers-AHS Midwest Region Health Co., Contemnors-Appellants). Our pro bono partn...

Checking on the Cook County Criminal Court’s Case Backlog

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts has been tracking the status of Illinois Courts’ shutdown. With COVID-19 causing the courts to shut down and the Illinois Supreme Court to pause speedy trial rights, case processing slowed to a crawl. In April...

Decarcerating Cook County: A look into the State’s Attorney’s Diversion Programs

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, The People’s Lobby, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and Reclaim Chicago have released the eighth report in our series on prosecutorial accountability in Cook County. The report, “Decarcerating Cook County: Use of Diversion Programs for Low-Level, “Non-Violen...

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