Oppose HB1100, HFA 2 and a Return to Over-Incarceration Policies April 6, 2022 Restore Justice urges members of the Illinois General Assembly to oppose HB 1100, HFA 2. We are a non-partisan statewide policy organization focused on reducing the harm caused by excessive criminal sentencing and post-sentencing...
March 24, 2022 - Chicago, Ill. Restore Justice Illinois urges members of the Illinois State Senate to approve Governor JB Pritzker’s nominees to the Prisoner Review Board (PRB). The PRB is a vital component of state government, performing functions authorized by law and demanded by the...
The 102nd General Assembly swore in new legislators on January 13, 2021 and began meeting that month. As of mid-June, legislators concluded business for this year’s regular session. During the session, members of the General Assembly introduced 7,004 bills. Of those bills, 664 passed through both...
May 28, 2021 - Chicago, Il. We applaud State Senator Laura Fine, State Representative Robyn Gabel, and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for their partnership in advancing a measure to support families with incarcerated loved ones. Senate Bill 1976 unanimously passed through the Illinois House...
Background Illinois’s felony-murder rule (“A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if, in performing the acts which cause the death, he or she is attempting or committing a forcible felony other than second degree murder”) as written and interpreted by...
Over the next six or seven weeks, Illinoisan's inboxes and social media feeds will be full of requests to fill out Witness Slips in support of, or in opposition to, legislative proposals. What are they? Should I do them? Witness slips are part of the legislative...
Forgot your 5th Grade Civics lessons? We've got you covered. In Illinois, a policy idea becomes a bill (a formal legislative proposal), after it has been officially filed by a legislative sponsor and assigned a bill number for that session. That does not guarantee it...
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