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The Legacy of a Torturer

Article • November 1, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Excessive Force (Police), Racial Profiling

The Legacy of a Torturer by Joan Parkin Former Chicago police officer Jon Burge tortured black men and got away with it for almost two decades. But his atrocities also spurred a movement — one that scored a major victory against the racist criminal justice system. by Joan Parkin, Jacobin …

Illinois DOC - Securus Contract 2018-2021

Kickback publication • October 18, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

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Archaic Disciplinary System Allows Chicago Police to Delay Punishment

Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Archaic Disciplinary System Allows Chicago Police to Delay Punishment by David Reutter by David Reutter The Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) has endured criticism for officer misconduct. An investigation by ProPublica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune found that the city’s archaic system for disciplining officers allows it to avoid or long …

Seventh Circuit Affirms Order Granting New Trial Due to Newly Discovered Evidence

Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018

Filed under: Evidentiary Ruling

Seventh Circuit Affirms Order Granting New Trial Due to Newly Discovered Evidence by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that a criminal defendant should get a new trial because an audio recording that was favorable and …

Immigration Authorities Seize Wrongfully Convicted Man After Release

Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018

Filed under: Release and Reentry, Wrongful Conviction, Immigration

Immigration Authorities Seize Wrongfully Convicted Man After Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke March 2018 should have been the happiest month of his life. After over two decades of wrongful imprisonment, the Cook County State’s Attorney agreed to drop murder charges against Illinois state prisoner Ricardo Rodriguez. He should …

Chicago Tries to Reduce Deficit at its Poorer Citizens’ Expense

Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018

Filed under: Money/Property

Chicago Tries to Reduce Deficit at its Poorer Citizens’ Expense by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Chicago may be Frank Sinatra’s kind of town, but not for many of the city’s poorer citizens. They would probably move, if only they did not owe the city so much money and either …

Seventh Circuit Affirms Suppression of Evidence Because Traffic Stop Unreasonably Prolonged

Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018

Filed under: Arrestee Searches, Evidentiary Ruling

Seventh Circuit Affirms Suppression of Evidence Because Traffic Stop Unreasonably Prolonged by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that evidence obtained from an unlawfully extended traffic stop must be suppressed. The March 7, 2018, decision upheld …

Wallace v. Baldwin, et al., IL, appeal, three strikes rule, 11 years in segregation, 2018

Brief • July 9, 2018

Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation, Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Shelter, Noise, Suicides, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Wallace v. Baldwin, et al., IL, appeal, three strikes rule, 11 years in segregation, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 17‐2427 MAURICE L. WALLACE, Plaintiff‐Appellant, v. JOHN BALDWIN, et al., Defendants‐Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern …

$1.25M Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder

Article • July 7, 2018

Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, Police, False Arrest

$1.25M Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape and murder, and freed from prison when DNA evidence exonerated him nearly 13 years later, settled with the Chicago Police Department for $1,250,000. Attorney's fees …

Richard v. Pfister, IL, Amended Complaint, Denial of Medical Care, 2018

Brief • July 6, 2018

Filed under: Medical

Richard v. Pfister, IL, Amended Complaint, Denial of Medical Care, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 44 Filed: 07/06/18 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:157 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. Hon. Judge Thomas M. Durkin …

Andrews v. Rauner, IL, Response in Opposition to Motion for Dismissal of Counts 2 and 3, Failure to Treat Mental Health, 2018

Brief • June 18, 2018

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Andrews v. Rauner, IL, Response in Opposition to Motion for Dismissal of Counts 2 and 3, Failure to Treat Mental Health, 2018 1:18-cv-01101-SEM-TSH # 21 Page 1 of 12 E-FILED Monday, 18 June, 2018 11:48:22 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF …

Illinois DOC Banned Books List (full) - 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Illinois DOC Banned Books List (full) - 2018 Date : 1/11/2018 Illinois Department of Corrections Adult .. All Listings Title Issue Date BEST OF HUSTLER BUSTY BEAUTIES Publication # Title Status 1/1/1900 $10,000 PER MONTH AS PRIVATE INVESTIGATC 1/1/1900 $1000 CASH EVERY 5 HOURS 1/1/1900 0 12 0 0 0 …

Illinois Banned Books List (from Danville Correctional Center) - 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Illinois Banned Books List (from Danville Correctional Center) - 2018 Information Provided By The Education Justice Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1. Books submitted for clearance that were not allowed to be brought into the facility for consideration, Nov 2018 How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and …

Publication of Redacted Version of OEIG Final Report, Dec 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Money/Property

Publication of Redacted Version of OEIG Final Report, Dec 2018 IN THE EXECUTIVE ETHICS COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN RE: JOHN BALDWIN and EDWIN BOWEN ) ) ) OEIG for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor Case #17-01266 PUBLICATION OF REDACTED VERSION OF OEIG FINAL REPORT Below is …

Davis v. Leginza, IL, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2018 (1)

Brief • May 4, 2018

Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Davis v. Leginza, IL, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2018 (1) Case: 1:16-cv-10763 Document#: 10 Filed: 05/04/18 Page 1 of 5 PagelD #:46 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHER DAVIS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. RICHARD D. LEGINZA and ANDREW KEELEY, in their …

Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council - The High Cost of Recidivism, 2018

Publication • May 1, 2018

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Money/Property

Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council - The High Cost of Recidivism, 2018 Summer 2018 Council Members Hon. Warren Wolfson (Ret.), Vice-Chair First District Appellate Court Sen. Kwame Raoul, Vice-Chair Illinois State Senate Stephen Baker Office of the Cook County Public Defender Sen. Jason Barickman Illinois State Senate Kathryn Bocanegra Institute …

Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Two Stalking Statutes as Unconstitutional

Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018

Filed under: Constitution, U.S., First Amendment, rights

Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Two Stalking Statutes as Unconstitutional by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of Illinois has taken the relatively rare step of striking language from two stalking statutes as facially unconstitutional because they violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In …

City of Chicago v. Sessions, opinion, grant to sanctuary city, 2018

Brief • April 19, 2018

Filed under: Immigration

City of Chicago v. Sessions, opinion, grant to sanctuary city, 2018 Case: 17-2991 Document: 111 Filed: 04/19/2018 Pages: 49 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 17‐2991 CITY OF CHICAGO, Plaintiff‐Appellee, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General of the United States, Defendant‐Appellant. ____________________ …

Lewis v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2018

Brief • April 19, 2018

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect

Lewis v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-05272 Document #: 27 Filed: 04/19/18 Page 1 of 26 PageID #:181 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION BRIAN LEWIS, Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., TARRY WILLIAMS, NICHOLAS LAMB, TRACY ENGELSON, LYDIA …

7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner's Civil Rights Lawsuit

Article • April 16, 2018

Filed under: Medical, Disciplinary Hearings, Grievances

7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner's Civil Rights Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke