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News Archive
June 23, 2022
Sharone Mitchell, Jr., is the public defender for Cook County, which includes Chicago, a city with some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Growing up on the South Side, Mitchell was raised to believe that guns are dangerous and harmful, a view that was reinforced by his experiences as a public defender and gun control advocate. But those experiences have also led him to believe that gun-permitting laws are harmful, as he explains to Lulu Garcia-Navarro in this episode of the New York Times First Person podcast.
June 16, 2022
Dozens of children have been unjustly held in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center even though judges ordered them released. That is because the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it has nowhere to send them. Andrea Lubelfeld, Chief of our Juvenile Division, spoke out about the problem in a story for WBEZ.
Below is an excerpt from the story.
Illinois is routinely housing wards of the state in Chicago’s jail for kids
July 16, 2021
This article was published in the Chicago Tribune, read it on their website here.
The Criminal Courthouse at 26th and California is reopening post-pandemic. COVID-19 brought seismic changes to the Cook County court system. And after more than a year, a reopening reckoning is close at hand.
June 3, 2021
This story was originally published by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom based in Chicago. Subscribe to Injustice Watch’s newsletter here.
March 3, 2021
WGN Radio’s Karen Conti is with Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli to talk about the criminal justice reform bill signed by Governor Pritzker this week, eliminating cash bail. Amy also shares the many services offered by the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender.
August 11, 2020
Cook County Public Defender, Amy Campanelli joins Fox 32 Chicago by phone to discuss repercussions for looters in Chicago.
You can watch the interview at https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/839213 or by visiting the Cook County Public Defender YouTube channel.
July 13, 2020
Head of the Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Amy Campanelli, discusses holding CPD accountable and a lawsuit her office is filing against the City of Chicago. Click here to watch the video.