Category: FOIA-Freedom of Information Act
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Quinn Signs SB 2621 into Law Today! Effective Immediately, it will still take time to implement!
Full Text of Press Release from State of IL, Governor Pat Quinn’s Office website Governor Quinn Signs Laws to Improve Public Safety and Criminal Justice in Illinois New Laws Will Crack Down on Crime; Continue to Manage Prison Population and Encourage Positive Behavior CHICAGO – June 22, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today signed several new laws…
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First Indication that Quinn & State of IL resolve to Address State Prison Overcrowding & Release of Prisoners
May 31, 2012, State Legislature passes new law paving way for Early Release programs! Read latest at http://richardwanke.com We previously advised readers that any return of the Meritorious Good Time Credit (MGT) which IL Governor Pat Quinn suspended in December 2009, or a new program for the early release of IL inmates would first be…
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Mess after Mess at IL Workman’s Comp Commission
The scandal involving the IL Workman’s Compensation Commission (ILWCC) has continued to broaden out since early January 2011, when it was discovered by the Belleville News-Democrat that hundreds of prison guards at Menard’s Correctional Center (including the Warden) received substantial injury compensation awards for “carpal tunnel” and other repetitive injuries they claimed during the past…
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A Solitary Jailhouse Lawyer Argues His Way Out of Prison – WSJ.com
By SEAN GARDINER Each morning for 5,546 days, Jabbar Collins knew exactly what he’d wear when he awoke: a dark-green shirt with matching dark-green pants. The prison greenies of a convicted murderer, he says, were “overly starched in the beginning, but as time wore on, and after repeated washes, they were worn and dull, like…
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Oakland officials, NAACP address allegations of abuse and police brutality | abc7news.com
Cecilia Vega OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Heavy-hitters met in Oakland in the wake of police shooting and killing a man who turned out to be unarmed. The NAACP, Oakland’s mayor-elect and the city’s police chief are all there addressing allegations of abuse and police brutality. The goal is to find solutions and ways to stop…
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Preventing wrongful convictions | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/09/2010
By Marissa Boyers Bluestine The case of Louis Mickens Thomas, a life prisoner whose contested murder conviction was detailed recently in The Inquirer, exposes a flaw in Pennsylvania’s criminal-justice system that’s largely unknown to the public: Convicts are often unable to access evidence that could prove their innocence because the state has destroyed it or…
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The Police Don’t Need Quinn to Protect Them!
This is troubling to see. The public’s right to IL FOIA needs to be protected; not the police! Our Opinion: FOIA should apply to police “…In one sense, Quinn on Monday stood up for openness in Illinois government and struck down a bill that would have severely weakened the revised Freedom of Information Act that…
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Protected: Richard’s First Appellate Brief Argument – The Court Abused It’s Discretion
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