Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. joined The Point to discuss some of the intricacies of the programs, and what they may look like going forward.
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Illinois State Police Trooper Kevin Bradley recorded the most DUI arrests in the state each year 2022-2024. Defense attorneys say he made arrests without probable cause and faked evidence.
Cook County prosecutors are asking judges to issue warrants for people who were no-shows in traffic court — because they had already been deported.
Richard Chew is joined by Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr. to discuss what reforming the criminal legal system means and how public defenders help our clients.
Public defenders told the I-Team "Top Cop" Illinois State Police Trooper Kevin Bradley copied and pasted findings in arrest reports spanning years.
A court general order and new state law have not stopped ICE from increasingly staking out Chicago area courthouses for arrests since February. Sightings of federal agents near court continue this week as “processing” of detainees at Broadview has accelerated.
After he was tortured in El Salvador and one of his family members was killed, M.G. sought refuge in the United States. The Convention Against Torture was supposed to make sure he didn’t go back. But he was deported — and no one has heard from him since.
Cook County Public Defender, Sharone R. Mitchell says the Pretrial Fairness Acts has impacted the clients our office represents.
Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell helps answer the question: What does real justice look like?
Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s rising again.