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 institutional injustices and provide our community with the information and resources needed to hold power to account.
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 spokesperson for Dart said, “The county board requested that the office educate them on what is being done to protect the health and safety of individuals in custody, and the office sent subject matter experts to address the county ...
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 her temperament and who was referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board over a courtroom dispute with a lawyer.She had 64.1%. Wright, O’Malley and Gray were all under 60% in Chicago voting Wednesday morning, with more support in ...
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 information on their building:. Email [email protected].; In the subject line, include “Code Violation Inquiry” and the property address of the inquiry (for example, “Code Violation Inquiry — 123 ...
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 reversals by higher courts, and ties to indicted or convicted politicians.
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 chairman of Winston & Strawn, was appointed by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Toomin, who in June ordered an independent investigation into the handling of the charges against Smollett.
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 landlords, and help to stabilize displacement of tenants and homeowners in areas surrounding the future Obama Presidential Center.. The three proposals would help address some inequities faced by tenants highlighted in ...
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 news and politics on the Southwest Side.
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.
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 she was responsible for deciding whether defendants in criminal and domestic violence cases were jailed, confined to electronic monitoring, or released.