When it comes to criminal defense cases, most people have heard of double jeopardy, but few fully understand it. This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court is attempting to clarify the doctrine of double jeopardy in the case of Bravo-Fernandez v. United States, which may have…
When investigating crimes, the police are increasingly asking people to submit to DNA tests to prove their innocence. Imagine that your neighbor gets murdered. The police knock on your door and ask you to provide a DNA sample. If you know you had nothing to…
People who have been wrongly convicted of crimes in Cook County now have hope. The State’s Attorney Office, whose primary purpose is to put offenders behind bars, has proven instrumental in helping people obtain their release from prison after wrongful convictions. Once notorious for its…
This summer, Governor Rauner signed a bill that will overhaul how Illinois authorities handle suspected cases of sexual assault. Going into effect on January 1, 2017, Senate Bill 3096 puts into effect the reforms proposed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan after a 2015 investigative report…
On July 29, 2016, Illinois became the 17th state in the nation to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Senate Bill 2228, which went into effect immediately, makes it a civil offense—like a traffic ticket—to possess any amount of marijuana under 10 grams. There is no…
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