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Interim Cook County Inspector General Steven Cyranoski found that she improperly gave identifying information on juvenile clients to a nonprofit where she later took a job.
The Cook County inspector general accused former public defender Amy Campanelli of inappropriately sharing data on youth with a nonprofit.
The advocates hope to see Judge Donna Cooper use her experiences with a neighborhood-based program that uses restorative justice practices to expand similar opportunities for youth.
Joe Ferguson, the city’s former inspector general, said the lobbying raises “some unseemly appearances which, given that this is Chicago, should be of concern.”
As rises in Chicago carjackings continue to increase fear among many residents, Cliff Nellis, an attorney and pastor who founded the Lawndale Christian Legal Center, says his nonprofit group represents a fair amount of young people charged with the crime.