The Chicago Police Department committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017, but the city is fighting their release in court.

Jesse Guth, an attorney and former county prosecutor retained by Ulmer’s family, said Ulmer’s family is “shocked and outraged” by his death. “Cory’s family and the people of Cook County deserve no ...

Dying on Dart’s Watch 2023 was the deadliest year in the Cook County Jail on record, with 18 deaths, many of them from drug overdoses. An Injustice Watch investigation found lapses in supervision and ...

Off-duty Chicago police officers fill rows of seats to protest the potential parole of an inmate convicted in the 1970 killing of two Chicago officers, at a Prisoner Review Board meeting in June.

Five years ago, Latinx politicians were a united front calling for diversity in the judiciary and lambasting then-Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke for appointing a white judge to a ...

Dozens of cases like Borik’s examined by Injustice Watch during a four-month investigation reveal a failed system to protect older adults from financial exploitation, even as a “silver tsunami” of ...

Journalism plays an influential role in uncovering and framing state violence and systemic oppression. But journalists also have a history of stoking the trauma and disrespect suffered by families ...

Two decades ago, dozens of Black lawyers flooded the courtroom of Cook County’s chief criminal judge in solidarity over what they called prosecutors’ racist treatment of a little-known real estate ...

The next day, Tuesday, July 23, both of Brylee’s legs were swollen, and Kepple took her to Trinity East Hospital in Moline, where staff discovered the child’s legs were broken. Police were called, and ...

Despite the powerful role judges play in communities, many voters will ignore many or all of the contests altogether. And if history is a guide, many people who do vote know little about the ...

When he announced his candidacy for Cook County judge, Chicago Police Lt. John D. Poulos touted the opportunity to “continue my public service, which spans 23 years.” It’s a career mired in ...

On November 8, Cook County voters will once again be asked to decide on which Circuit Court judges should be retained. Background: Burke, a licensed lawyer since 1989, hears civil actions and ...