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Fines and fees are used to help fund the court system, but the office said “a disproportionate amount of its financing is shouldered by people of color and those living in poverty.”

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Tuesday her office is adopting a new policy wherein prosecutors won’t oppose requests from impoverished individuals who ask a judge to eliminate certain fines or fees.

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Judge Theodore Potkonjak ordered Yahir Torrecilla and David DeJesus to be held in lieu of $5 million bail in the death of Niolis Collazo, 23, of Waukegan. The pair, who police said are 16 and 17 years old, are charged as adults with three counts each of first-degree murder.

Rebecca Bliefnicks family hopes the worst moment of their lives doesnt define who they are, but they understand life will not be as normal as it once was.

Connecticut’s CIU has closed 52 cases since it launched back in 2021. None of those have resulted in an overturned conviction.

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A 32-year-old Springfield man identified by authorities as an anti-government "sovereign citizen" lost his appeal to overturn a lower-court decision Sangamon County prosecutors obtained in...

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In the request, the parties say they are “still working through significant, new discovery, and believe more time is needed to adequately review and address that.”