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What We Read, January 2-6, 2012 Happy new year, everyone!   Judicial Elections and Judiciary Reform: Super PACS are already having a significant effect on the 2012 elections, according to the LA Times.    Community Justice: President Obama has appointed Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer...
January 6, 2012

Judicial Campaign Contributions Revive Need for Recusal Standards

The sole asbestos judge in Madison County, IL was dropped from several asbestos cases after receiving over $30,000 in campaign contributions from asbestos plaintiffs' law firms, reports the Belleville News Democrat. Just days before contributing to Judge Crowder's campaign for re-election, the three...
December 19, 2011

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What We Read, December 5-9, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: Alternative Behavior Treatment Centers (ABTC) and Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a transitional living facility for juveniles today (December 9). The Chicago Justice Pro...
December 9, 2011

Our Amicus Brief in Avery v. State Farm

 The Illinois Supreme Court has denied the appeal in Avery v. State Farm, without written opinion (.pdf), declining to restore the verdict. Chicago Appleseed takes no position on the merits of the underlying case, but did sign an amicus brief discussing the issue of judicial ethics and recusal raise...
November 21, 2011

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What We Read for the week of November 14-18, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: The John Howard Association released its annual Year-End Assessment of Department of Juvenile Justice this week. WBEZ interviewed the author of the report  Thursday morning. Earlier this year, JHA criticized the DJJ...
November 18, 2011