Kurt P. Klein of DeKalb County became an associate judge in 1995, and was appointed to an open circuit judge seat in 2001. He won election for a full term the following year, and retired from the ...

This article was co-published by the Chicago Sun-Times. When Cook County’s chief judge announced last year that judges who preside over bail hearings would be required to take financial circumstances ...

This story was produced in partnership with Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and voting rights in local governments. In March 2024, a traffic stop for an alleged seat belt ...

Earlier this month, Injustice Watch celebrated its 10th birthday. For the past decade, our reporting has shed light on systemic injustices in the court system, leading to official investigations, ...

Ever since she got married in 2012, Ashonta C. Rice has used her given name with her friends, her law clients, and even on many public documents. But last month, Cook County elections officials — and ...

Two award-winning veteran journalists, Alejandra Cancino and David Jackson, are joining Injustice Watch as part of our ongoing expansion and growing commitment to investigative journalism. Jackson is ...

The Illinois Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether a 16-year-old offender’s 50-year sentence without the opportunity for parole violates the state or federal constitutions.

Running for retention Nov. 5, Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr. faces criticism from two prominent bar groups after disclosures of inappropriate tax exemptions he took on a house in Will County. Since the ...

Zella Croff, 73, lost her house in south suburban Markham to tax foreclosure in 2023. Credit: Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the ...

The Department of Homeland Security has circulated a “Be on the Lookout” alert to law enforcement nationwide, targeting a comedian whose satire of US immigration enforcement went viral. The subject of ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...