Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city officials unveiled a series of proposals to reform the city's policy and procedures on search warrants in the fallout of a botched raid on the home of a social worker in 2019.
Feb 26, 2021
Kimberly M. Foxx is the first African American woman to lead the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office – the country’s second largest prosecutor’s office. Her vision is to build the most just, equitable, and transparent prosecutor’s office in the country, by working proactively to make all communities safe while investing in policies to address the underlying drivers of contact with the criminal justice system. State’s Attorney Foxx has brought substantial progress in priority areas including wrongful convictions, bond reform, transparency, and gun violence. Born and raised in Cabrini Green on Chicago’s Near North Side, she is a graduate of Southern Illinois University, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science and a J.D. from the School of Law.
Henry Ford Health adds 4 members to its board, increasing diversity
New board members (from left) John Harris, Patricia Maryland, Frederiek Toney and Andrea Zopp
Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has added four members to its board of directors, increasing its board size to 17 members with half either people of color or women.
The four are Detroit attorney John Harris, veteran health care executive Patricia Maryland, auto executive Frederiek Toney and venture capital investment manager Andrea Zopp. Three of the new members are Michiganders or have ties to the state and Zopp lives in Chicago, the health systemsaid. We believe we best serve our communities with directors who reflect the diversity of our community, are both accomplished in their fields and have tirelessly worked to advance the values of Henry Ford Health System, said Wright Lassiter III, Henry Ford s president and CEO, in a statement.
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Bernard Williams was 17 years old when he was convicted of murder for a 1996 killing. He spent 23 years in prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit.
Now Williams is suing the city of Chicago and several of the Chicago police investigators who helped wrongfully convict him, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month.
The complaint alleges that detectives with the Chicago Police Department’s Area Four suppressed evidence, manipulated witnesses and fabricated things like a confession to seal Williams’ fate. It claims officers also beat and psychologically abused his co-defendant DeAngelo Johnson during interrogation, coercing Johnson to make a false confession that implicated Williams as his accomplice in the murder.