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Sunshine Week
It’s Sunshine Week’s 10th anniversary I have filed 2 FIOA requests with the city of Rockford for information on when I was questioned regarding Richard’s Case. one time the sent me a letter that they had no recordings of my questionings. the other was never answered. http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150315/NEWS/150319568/0/SEARCH http://sunshineweek.rcfp.org/
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Welcome To This Blog
Covid has increased inmate release from jails and prisons only a little. Much remains to be done to correct conditions inside and to improve medical care. To access our page regarding current information for Coronavirus in our jails and prisons, please follow and click the red link here>> IDOC INMATE EARLY RELEASE AGENCY PAGE and…
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Even Lisa Madigan raises staff pay & attempts to justify it!
Lisa Madigan is generally regarded as one of our State’s most responsive officials. Her office has been aggressively trying to enforce state powers to collect legal fines and to litigate wrongdoing. This seems to have emboldened her to join the bandwagon to raise staff pay. http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150127/NEWS/150129481
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Fat chance of holding down pay of IL officials
This bill stands virtually no chance of passage. Despite IL state fiscal near ruin, we can guarantee that our elected legislators will never cut their wages back however much they trip over themselves to cut State services. http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150127/NEWS/150129481
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Podcasts
There has been a swell in interest of podcasts recently. if you have been hearing about the Serial podcast you should check it out. http://serialpodcast.org/ season one is based on a muder that the only evidance is an eyewitness. other podcasts have recently talked about the Fallibility of Memory. http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4446 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/09/182667116/memory-games?showDate=2014-12-24
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New Sheriff picks new Winnebago County Jail superintendent
Bob Redmond started as the Winnebago County Jail superintendent after being picked by Sheriff Gary Caruana. Read more: http://www.rrstar.com/article/20141219/NEWS/141219385/0/SEARCH
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Third Ohio Man Wrongly Accused of 1975 Murder Exonerated
An Ohio man who spent 27 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit was brought to tears Tuesday when a judge dropped all charges against him. Kwame Ajamu, 56, was the last of three men exonerated in the 1975 robbery and murder of a Cleveland-area money order salesman. … The men won their…
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Tech Toys: Using body cameras can help police, public | Business Desk
BY MIKE ZITZ FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR Something good is likely to come of the ugliness in Ferguson.Michael Brown’s family is pressing for police use of body cameras to become a nationwide standard, and it’s almost certain to happen in the near future. It’s already being tested in some cities around the country. Fredericksburg police, for…
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After Wrongful Conviction, Three Lifetimes Spent With Hope In Check
They were young men when they went to prison in 1975 for a murder they did not commit. The last two of them were freed this month, releasing a joy they could finally savor together. via Overcast.
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Winnebago County Justice Center population drops to 4-year low – News – Rockford Register Star – Rockford, IL
By Susan Vela ROCKFORD — Population at the Winnebago County Justice Center dipped to a four-year low earlier this month. After the first week of November, inmate numbers were at 765, a nearly 35 percent from an all-time high of 1,170 in May 2012. Local officials attributed the dip to effective teamwork among agencies. “This…