Injustice Watch
3 days ago · Injustice Watch is the only newsroom in Cook County dedicated to reporting on the court system. Our goal is one of public service: to listen to and center people affected by institutional injustices and provide our community with the information and resources needed to hold power to account.
Consequences of Over 200,000 People Serving Life in U.S. Prisons
Dec 5, 2023 · Credit: Jenn Vargas / Flickr More than 200,000 people are serving life sentences in U.S. prisons today, and most of them are locked in state correctional facilities.
How can I find more information about voting for judges
Nov 4, 2022 · With the 2022 midterm elections less than a week away and early voting underway, we’re partnering again with WBEZ’s “Curious City” to answer your last-minute questions about how judicial elections work and where you can find more information about the candidates on the upcoming ballot.. Senior reporter Maya Dukmasova spoke with “Curious City” editor Alexandra Salomon to answer ...
Jury trials are disappearing. Here's why. | Injustice Watch
Feb 17, 2021 · Their survey also asked about changes in the U.S. legal system that have resulted in a decline in jury trials. The results were published in a December article in the Louisiana Law Review, “Reasons for the Disappearing Jury Trial: Perspectives from Attorneys and Judges.”. Here’s a closer look at what the researchers found.
Judicial Elections - Injustice Watch
3 days ago · Every two years, Cook County voters go to the polls to elect new judges and decide whether to retain sitting judges. We research every judicial candidate and provide comprehensive, nonpartisan voter guides for each Cook County judicial election.
Darlie Lynn Routier: Remains in prison, awaiting long-overdue …
Oct 29, 2019 · Responding to Darlie Lynn Routier’s frantic 911 call from her Dallas County home in 1996, police found her two sons, Devon Routier, 6, and Damon Routier, 5, dying of stab wounds.
Do you know these Cook County judges running for retention?
Jul 11, 2024 · Every six years, Cook County circuit judges ask voters for another term on the bench in what’s known as a retention vote. (Illinois Appellate Court judges run for retention every 10 years.)
Judges - Injustice Watch
Nov 14, 2024 · There are more than 400 circuit court judges in Cook County. Their decisions on the bench touch many aspects of life, from traffic tickets to orders of protection, civil lawsuits to criminal cases, and evictions to estates. Our reporting focuses on how judges are chosen and the power they have over people’s lives.
Democrats pick judicial candidates for 2024 | Injustice Watch
Aug 15, 2023 · Dan Hinkel reports on courts and the legal system. He joined Injustice Watch in 2023 after two decades covering criminal justice and other issues for the Chicago Tribune, the Illinois Answers Project, the Times of Northwest Indiana, and the Janesville Gazette.
5 big ideas to stop sentencing innocent people to death
Dec 13, 2019 · Larry Swearingen, who maintained his innocence in a 1999 murder for nearly 20 years, was executed by the state of Texas in August, minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal. His last words before he succumbed to a lethal injection were, “Lord forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.” We will never know for certain how many innocent people courts have ...