Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has decided to scrap her office's do-not-call and disclosure lists, which call out problematic and dishonest cops, and we have serious concerns. Do-not-call and disclosure lists include the names of discredited officers who can't be trusted to testify truthfully. This decision increases the likelihood of constitutional violations and wrongful convictions—especially in Chicago, where the issue of dishonest police in court ("testilying") i...| Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
Written by Julian D. Cohen, Brown University, and Kamiryn Braxton Grimes, University of Chicago. Under Cook County’s new State’s Attorney, Eileen O’Neill Burke, who assumed office in December of 2024, […] The post New Year, New State’s Attorney, Higher Jail Population in Cook County appeared first on Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts.| Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts