Sent via electronic mail on January 13, 2022
Re: “Victims Justice Ordinance”
To the Members of the Chicago City Council:
News Archive
August 15, 2020
Cook County Board President Announces Support for New Public Defender Immigration Unit
Today, during her annual budget address, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the County’s support of a new Immigration Unit being launched by Public Defender Amy P. Campanelli. The new Immigration Unit will be funded through a private/public partnership between Cook County and private funding thanks to the support of the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation.
December 11, 2019
After proclaiming his innocence for nearly 20 years, Xavier Walker Wednesday was set to walk out of the Cook County Jail a free man after prosecutors dropped all charges against him in a 2000 murder case.
Walker, 39, was 19 years old when he was arrested for the murder of Mark Madjak during a robbery in West Garfield Park. He told the first lawyer he saw that police had pummeled him into making a confession, but that he also always protested that he was innocent.