Injustice Watch
Jan 13, 2025 · 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 …
Sheriff Tom Dart skips hearing on Cook County Jail deaths
Dec 19, 2024 · Dart has not publicly addressed Injustice Watch’s findings or agreed to an interview. In response to questions about why he did not appear at the hearing, a …
Three Cook County judges close to losing seats following scrutiny
Nov 6, 2024 · One other Cook County judge was under 65 percent Wednesday morning: Kathy M. Flanagan, the acting presiding judge of the Law Division, who bar groups have criticized for …
Cook County Chief Judge issues eviction court reform order
Nov 14, 2024 · How to get information about your landlord. Here’s what Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ order says about how Cook County tenants facing eviction can request housing court …
Cook County judicial retention candidates include some with …
Oct 8, 2024 · The 77 judges asking Cook County voters to keep them on the bench in November include some with unexplained tax debts, arrest histories, official censures, unflattering …
Former U.S. Attorney Webb Named Special Prosecutor in Smollett …
Aug 23, 2019 · A Cook County judge on Friday appointed former U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb as special prosecutor overseeing the Jussie Smollett investigation. Webb, now co-executive …
Reforms to help Chicago tenants stalled but advocates have hope ...
Nov 20, 2024 · Chicago tenant advocates are asking for at least $20 million in the city’s 2025 budget to help tenants fight against what they say are unfair evictions, create a registry of …
Shannon O’Malley, judge who changed his name, loses retention ...
Nov 21, 2024 · Kelly Garcia reports on youths, prisons, and the court system. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2022, Kelly was a staff writer at the Chicago Reader, where she wrote about …
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 …
Cook County judge reassigned after allegedly sharing anti-Black …
Jan 10, 2025 · Following a meeting with the court’s executive committee, Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued an order Friday reassigning Glennon-Goodman from the pretrial division, where …