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County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

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Tobacco isn’t a good investment – study shows a decline in stock prices since 2016

Environmental, social and governance investing, also known as impact or socially responsible investing, has become a popular concept. It’s based on awareness of the impact that firms have on the environment and on human wellbeing. Socially responsible investing recognises that these factors increasingly influence financial performance and thus investor returns.

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Kate Summerscale on the 10 Rillington Place murders: ‘Why do some men go out of their way to kill women?’

True crime queen Kate Summerscale explores one of Britain’s most notorious murder trials in her latest book ‘The Peepshow’. She tells Katie Rosseinsky about the shocking contemporary parallels – and about a discovery that will change how we think about the case

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Amid PPP fraud investigation, 9 top employees have left chief Cook County judge’s office

A year into Judge Timothy Evans’ still-secret investigation, the Sun-Times has found that nine of his highest-paid employees who left match loan recipients in the fraud-ridden Paycheck Protection Program.

Chicago Sun-Times

Livestreaming bond court saves vital police resources

Police departments spend enormous amounts of overtime and incur manpower and transportation issues when officers have to appear in person, a former suburban police chief writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County judges, court employees ordered to phase out remote work

The order requires employees to be at their “regularly assigned workspace” for 70% of their pay period beginning May 14, three days after the national public health emergency is set to end.

Chicago Sun-Times

The great sports stadium scam

As the Chicago Bears move closer to leaving the city for the suburbs, taxpayers need to remember that billionaires have fleeced the public time and time again when it comes to public funding of sports stadiums.

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Man sues Denver archdiocese over abuse by convicted priest

A man who says he was repeatedly sexually abused as a teen by his Catholic priest more than two decades ago is suing the now-defrocked priest and the Archdiocese of Denver

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Apple AirTags are a stalker’s dream, lawsuit says, investigation reveals clean energy law’s unfulfilled promises and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County’s chief judge investigating court employees who got COVID-19 relief loans

Four workers in other county departments have quit or been fired this year while under suspicion of defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County lowers adoption filing fee

The fee now matches that of DuPage, Will and McHenry counties. Some attorneys said they had filed adoptions in the collar counties because it was cheaper.

Chicago Sun-Times

Early progress of restorative justice courts is encouraging

Society as a whole sorely needs new ways to deal with crime.

Chicago Sun-Times

Enough with committees. Chief Judge Evans must take action to improve Cook County juvenile jail.

Our 2022 report makes 15 recommendations to the chief judge on how to improve the JTDC’s treatment of youth. Evans could order many of these changes now, without waiting for another committee report.

Chicago Sun-Times

A damning review of Cook County juvenile jail, Biden’s student debt cancellation plan and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Cook County juvenile jail is locking kids, teens in their cells for most of the day, scathing review finds

The retired child psychologist Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans named to head the committee that issued the report criticizes Evans for not moving swiftly to make changes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tough talk on crime won’t work

Mayor Lightfoot’s comments on bail fly in the face of centuries of American jurisprudence, which presumes a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says people charged with violent crimes ‘are guilty’ and shouldn’t be released on bail pending trial

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot escalated her ongoing feud with the Cook County criminal courts system on Monday when she said judges shouldn’t allow people charged with violent crimes out on bail because they are guilty if they have been charged.

Chicago Sun-Times

With Cook County probation units disbanded, tens of thousands of random curfew checks ended

Supporters of doing away with so-called intensive probation units say it was a “gotcha” system that didn’t reduce crime. Others say it helped get guns and drugs off the streets.

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Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge

Judge Mary Kathleen McHugh was in the car when Associate Judge Mohammed Ghouse was caught driving drunk in Hinsdale, records show.

Chicago Tribune

Cook County’s top judge discusses Chicago violence, proposes solutions in policy address

CHICAGO — Cook County’s top judge discussed juvenile justice, ankle bracelets and a technique for criminal case management Thursday during a policy address at the Union League Club of Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County’s top judge defends bond reform, juvenile courts

Chief Judge Timothy Evans addressed a Union League Club audience as 16-year-old suspect— who had been on probation— was ordered held without bond, charged in the murder of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega.

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