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Chicago Appleseed Proposed Legislation Featured at Community Renewal Society’s 4th Annual “Faith In Action Assembly” Dr. King Day

On January 20, Chicago Appleseed co-sponsored the Community Renewal Society's Dr. King Day Event: The Fourth Annual Faith In Action Assembly at Kingdom Baptist Church. The Community Renewal Society is the oldest social justice organization in Chicago, established in 1882, and constitutes 60...

NSA Surveillance of Electronic Communication Metadata: Remarks of Professor Perritt

by Gordon Waldron, Chair of the Chicago Council of Lawyers Civil Liberties Committee Chicago-Kent Law Professor Henry Perritt spoke at the January 10, 2014 meeting of the Civil Liberties Committee of the Chicago Council of Lawyers about surveillance by the National Security Administration (...

Appleseed on Chicago Tonight Dec. 16

Last night I had the great experience of representing Chicago Appleseed on the PBS' Chicago Tonight program, discussing recent attempts by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the Illinois Supreme Court's to control the Cook County Jail Population and improve out pre-trial process. The l...

Improving Justice for Women Through Diversion Forum on December 20th

On December 20th, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Ann M. Burke, along with the Cook County Justice Advisory Council, the Community Renewal Society, and others, are presenting a forum on a proposed law enforcement-led initiative to divert women, who would otherwise be arrested for prostitution, into s...

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It’s Not Just Bond Court: How The Upcoming Supreme Court Intervention Must Coordinate Reform Across Our Criminal Justice System

On November 14 the justices of the Illinois Supreme Court are coming to Cook County and convening a meeting of the heads of agencies effecting criminal justice to discuss the reformation of our pre-trial process. In this effort our Supreme Court follows in the footsteps of other state supreme courts...

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