About Stephanie Agnew

Stephanie Agnew (she/her) is the Co-Executive Director of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and a Licensed Social Worker (LSW). She leads all internal and external communications strategy and execution, and works with the program staff to successfully implement our advocacy strategies.

Testimony: Budget for Black Lives

The only way to reduce harm for Cook County's Black and Brown communities is by investing in resources and programs that help people thrive. Even with budget crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic, these investments are possible if Cook County commits to making significant divestments from Cook Cou...
October 29, 2020

Prosecutorial Discretion in a Tumultuous Year

Today, Chicago Appleseed, Chicago Council of Lawyers, The People's Lobby, and Reclaim Chicago release "Prosecutorial Discretion in a Tumultuous Year," the seventh report in our series on the impact of prosecutorial discretion on incarceration and punitive punishment in Cook County since State’s Atto...
September 30, 2020

Court Costs, Fines, and Fees Are Bad Policy

Across the country, regressive court fines, administrative costs, and filing fees are functioning to penalize people solely for their poverty. Court costs, fines, and fees (also known as “monetary sanctions”) exist in both the civil and criminal realms of the justice system and are applied in al...
July 23, 2020
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