The second floor of Cook County’s main criminal courthouse on the corner of 26th Street and California Avenue is unlike the other floors, weirdly cramped.
Two Cook County judges claim homestead exemptions in Will County Two of the 77 Cook County judges running for retention in November claim homestead exemptions on Will County houses they have owned for ...
Daniel Colon’s sister, Jamie Colon, holds a middle-school graduation photo of her brother, who died last year in the Cook County Jail. Colon was one of 18 people who died at the jail in 2023, the ...
The Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, where Judge E. Kenneth Wright is presiding judge of the first municipal district. Credit: Flickr/chicagocrimescenes Cook County Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr., a ...
As part of our effort to ensure everyone can access comprehensive, nonpartisan information about the upcoming Cook County judicial elections, Injustice Watch has printed 150,000 copies of our judicial ...
2023 was the deadliest year in the Cook County Jail on record, with 18 deaths, many of them from drug overdoses. An Injustice Watch investigation found lapses in supervision and medical care were at ...
Judge E. Kenneth Wright, who presides over the first municipal district, and Judge Shannon O’Malley were referred for investigation after Injustice Watch reported they had claimed homeowner’s ...