If you have been charged with a crime in Illinois, will your treatment and sentence be tainted by the biases of people in the criminal justice system? Unfortunately, human judgment and prejudices enter into every stage o... Read more
The United States imprisons more people than any other country, and as many as one in three American adults have some type of criminal record. Unfortunately, incarceration carries a lifetime of consequences. According ... Read more
Weather can kill, and prisoners are more vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather than most Americans. While some prison systems attempt to keep temperatures within a healthy range, a 2015 In December of 2004, Charl... Read more
When prosecutors abuse their authority, the damage can be devastating, as guilty people may go free while innocent people wind up behind bars. Prosecutors have the duty to uphold justice and the obligation to disclose ... Read more
It says something about crime in Chicago when the Police Department is on pace to spend nearly $200 million on overtime in 2017. This is 40 percent more than last year’s record and is occurring despite a two-year hir... Read more
Illinois prosecutors have a duty to uphold justice, but too often their goal instead becomes winning the case and seeking out the harshest punishment possible. This results in problems such as wrongful convictions and mi... Read more
The probation system in the United States is broken — prison and jail populations and correctional budgets have skyrocketed, and the system is too underfunded to function properly. At their peak, the numbers of ind... Read more
When a child is harassed or bullied at school, the results can be tragic; some bullied children have been driven to suicide. Bad outcomes, such as depression, increased absences from school, and lack of school engagement... Read more
Mail fraud not only exists — it is illegal and can be punished under both Illinois statutes and federal law. Since state statutes mirror the federal laws and have the same elements, both federal and state charges... Read more
If you are facing trial in Illinois, you may be considering the use of trial scientists, consultants such as psychologists, and communication experts who aid attorneys in the evaluation and presentation of a trial or la... Read more
