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网页5 天之前 · 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. As a nonprofit newsroom, our work is made possible by donations from readers like you. Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism ...
Darlie Lynn Routier: Remains in prison, awaiting long-overdue …
网页2019年10月29日 · 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. There were knife wounds to Routier’s neck, forearm and shoulder. A broken wine glass lay on the ground, and there was a torn window screen in the garage.
Jury trials are disappearing. Here's why. | Injustice Watch
网页2021年2月17日 · Mandatory Minimum Sentences. In the federal criminal justice system, fewer than 2% of cases went to trial in the 12-month period ending in March 2020, the most recent for which data from the federal judiciary is available. Fifty percent of judges and 85% percent of defense attorneys surveyed by Diamond and Salerno said that mandatory …
Our Staff - Injustice Watch
网页Maya Dukmasova Senior Reporter Maya Dukmasova reports on judges, prisons, and the courts. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2021, Maya was a senior writer at the Chicago Reader, where she produced award-winning long-form features and investigative stories, as well as profiles, film reviews, and essays on a wide range of topics.
Consequences of Over 200,000 People Serving Life in U.S. Prisons
网页2023年12月5日 · People 55 years old and older, who run a higher risk of serious complications and death from Covid-19, make up 12% of the state prison populations but 30% of people serving life, the study found. In 2020, 61,417 people older than age 55 were serving a life sentence, according to the study. Prisons are fiscally responsible for …
5 big ideas to stop sentencing innocent people to death
网页2019年12月13日 · Of more than 8,500 death sentences issued since 1976, only 166 people have won exoneration — just under two percent — but legal experts estimated in 2014 that courts sentence innocent criminal defendants to death at more than twice that rate. Larry Swearingen was executed by the state of Texas in August. Texas Department of …
Judicial Elections - Injustice Watch
网页5 天之前 · The next judicial elections in Illinois will take place on November 5, 2024. Injustice Watch’s judicial election guide for the 2024 general election will be out Oct. 8. In Cook County, 77 judges are running to retain their seats on the bench. Scroll down to learn more about the upcoming judicial races, read original reporting from our team ...
SCRAM monitor comes at heavy cost for defendants
网页2021年12月8日 · Cook County judge Vazquez’s heavy use of sobriety monitor highlights oversight gaps. Billed as a humane punishment for drunk driving, SCRAM comes at a heavy cost for defendants. One judge in Maywood uses it often, and without oversight. by Maya Dukmasova December 8, 2021. Facebook. X.
Check Your Judges: Why Cook County judicial elections matter
网页2020年10月15日 · Research shows many voters choose judges based on their political party or assumptions about their ethnicity or gender. About one-quarter of Cook County voters in 2018 skipped over the judicial section of their ballot altogether, either because they were overwhelmed with the choices or just didn’t have enough information about the candidates.
3 challenges for the new Cook County public defender - Injustice …
网页2021年6月4日 · 3 challenges and opportunities for the new Cook County public defender. A fair and equitable justice system depends on the public defenders whose job it is to represent those people who cannot afford a lawyer. Public defense work is civil rights work. It is the public defender who raises questions about interrogation methods, unlawful …