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Cook County State’s Attorney Will Decline to Prosecute Peaceful Protestors

Beginning the weekend of May 29, thousands of people took to the streets in world-wide protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minnesota Police, calling for broad defunding of police departments nationwide as an explicit valuation of Black Lives. In...

Independent Analysis of State’s Attorney Charging Trends Released Today

Contact: Kristi Sanford, 773-456-4024, kristi@thepeopleslobbyusa.org or Sharlyn Grace, 773-946-8535, sharlyngrace@chicagoappleseed.org Data from Cook County State’s Attorney Reveals Increased Transparency, Room for Improvement on Pledge to Reduce Incarceration Rates For immediate release Chicago,...

New Report from Appleseed & Community Partners on State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office

Chicago Appleseed, The People’s Lobby and Reclaim Chicago are proud to release today our new report, “In Pursuit of Justice for All: An Evaluation of Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office,” which assesses State's Attorney Foxx’s progress on her reform goals during her first year in office....

State’s Attorney Alvarez Announces Sweeping Reforms To Cook County Drug Policies

State's Attorney Alvarez Announces Sweeping Reforms To Cook County Drug Policies: Initiative Involves Not Charging Marijuana Misdemeanors, Expanded Drug Deferred Prosecution Program, and a Street-level Diversion Program for Juveniles. State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez today announced the impl...

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