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A Sangamon County judge has declined to give a group of Illinois prisoners a new parole hearing — at least for now.The case has to do with a formal…
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A measure to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana passed the Illinois Senate Tuesday.Instead of being arrested, people caught with 10 grams or less of…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner will give his second annual State of the State address at noon Wednesday. After a year of stalemate, he's expected to make some effort…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner endorsed the work of his criminal justice commission Thursday. He also made an unusual statement on prisons.Commissioners are still…
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Lawmakers return to Springfield with some new ideas, but the unfinished business of 2015 will likely overshadow other topics in the second year of the…
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State of the State Podcast:A New Way To Think About 'High-Crime' NeighborhoodsTRANSCRIPT: From NPR Illinois, it’s State of the State. I’m Brian Mackey,…
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Most experts say the governor’s target of a 25 percent reduction in the state's prison population can't be met by simply backing off the war on drugs.…
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Illinois could finally reckon with its dramatically overcrowded prisons in 2016.The entire system is at 146 percent of the capacity it was designed to…
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On episode 16 of the State of the State podcast, a commission working on an overhaul of Illinois’ criminal justice system has approved its first set of…
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How do you get a 17-year-old to confess to a crime he didn’t commit? Turns out it’s not that hard.Two years ago, Trevon Yates confessed to St. Clair…