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...
December 17, 2013

Fall Fundraising Campaign

We're preparing to launch our end of the year fundraising campaign and we hope you will support our work. This list of accomplishments shows what your donation allows us to do. You can contribute online or through the mail using our reply form. If you would like to provide pro bono assistance, we...
November 6, 2013

Thanks for a Great Annual Luncheon!

Thanks for making our Annual Luncheon last week successful. We're especially grateful for Greg Berman of the Center for Court Innovation for his great remarks about the relationship of crime rates, recidivism and alternatives to incarceration. We hope you all found the remarks as interesting as we...
October 7, 2013

How Illinois Supreme Court Intervention Can Help Cook County

How Illinois Supreme Court Intervention Can Help Cook County In response to President Preckwinkle’s letter to the Illinois Supreme Court, Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride has answered, proposing a meeting of the major criminal justice stakeholders and a conference of regional and national experts to d...
October 4, 2013