January 13, 2020 - Chicago, Il. Restore Justice Illinois applauds the Illinois Legislature for sending historic criminal legal changes to Governor JB Pritzker’s desk. If signed into law, House Bill 3653, Senate Amendment 2, would amend Illinois’s felony-murder law, require police officers to wear body cameras,...
What is the impact of HB531? The bill is the first step to modernize our state’s criminal justice system by creating new opportunities for parole for young people facing extreme sentences. Illinois remains an outlier when it comes to parole: the state hasn't had...
MEDIA ALERT For more information: Jobi Cates, Restore Justice Illinois 773 318 0026 (mobile) jobi.cates@restorejusticeillinois.org House Sponsors: Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D), Representative Lindsay Parkhurst (R) Senate Sponsor: Senator Don Harmon (D) HB531 passed the Illinois House 67 - 41 on November 28, 2018 after passing the Illinois State Senate 36 -...
We, the full time Chief Public Defenders of our respective Counties, support the passage of HB 531 (SA 1). It has been forty (40) years since the General Assembly instituted determinate sentencing by abolishing parole in the State of Illinois. It is time to bring...
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