Recent Supreme Court Decision Presents Avenue for Felons to Possess Guns Again Last year when the United States Supreme Court announced its decision in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, many advocates of Second Amendment rights saw an opening for greatly...
City of Chicago Sues Kia and Hyundai Over Rise in Auto Thefts Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson recently announced that the City of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai, alleging that a defect in their car designs on multiple vehicles make...
High Ranking Official Highlights Appointment of Chief Counsel for Corporate Enforcement as Evidence of New Focus This past Monday, the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, Marshall Miller, announced during a panel on white-collar crime that the Department of...
Hundreds of Police Officers Will Not Be Called to Testify as Prosecution Witnesses in Cook County Criminal Courts Although many believe that law enforcement officers are prone to lying in court as a means to an end, statistically most law enforcement officers are...
Federal Agency Recommends Marijuana Reclassification and Rescheduling The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), recommended that the DEA reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I substance...
Legislation Expands Qualifications for Deferred Prosecution for First Time Gun Offenders Illinois recently passed into law an expansion of who can qualify for the second chance probation program with bipartisan support. Under the previous law, enacted as a pilot...
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amended for Zero Criminal History Point Offenders Defendants With No Criminal History to Receive Reduction in Guideline Level Calculation The United States Sentencing Commission recently met and made changes to the federal sentencing...
Inmates with Serious Medical Needs Remain Imprisoned at High Levels in Illinois 2022 Reform Has Limited Impact on Aging Population in Illinois Prisons In 2022 Governor Pritzker signed the Joe Coleman Medical Release Act, which was a bill designed to allow the Prisoner...
Former-Chief of Staff for Former-House Speaker Madigan Found Guilty of Obstruction and Perjury A federal jury only needed 5 hours to find longtime ex-Chief of Staff to Michael Madigan, Tim Mapes eguilty of obstruction of justice and perjury charges stemming from...
Federal Charges Continue to Show That No One Is Above the Law Two former Chicago Police Department (CPD) Officers were charged federally for fraudulently obtaining over $2 million in money earmarked for COVID-19 relief programs. Last month, Torrey Price retired from...
