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May, 2001
Keevin Irons’ turning point came after his seventh arrest. For 20 years, the 41-year-old native of south suburban Chicago Heights had been hooked on drugs. “I didn’t know that it would cause me to make a career out of it,” he said, “but it did, and that was the wrong career.” His arrest in September was a wake-up call. Cook County Circuit Court Judge James L. Rhodes gave him four years’...
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September, 2007
A 1997 survey of 496 Illinois drug offenders on probation–"a statistical sample of the roughly 8,100 drug offenders who ended their probation that year–"showed that most of those in Cook County were black or Latino, while whites made up the majority in Illinois' 101 other counties.–¦
–¦and Cook County drug offenders were far less likely to receive drug treatment as part of their probation than...
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September, 2007
The number of drug arrests in Illinois has increased dramatically over nearly two decades, from 27,608 in 1980 to 106,609 in 1999. Cook County's 68,180 drug arrests in 1999 accounted for 64 percent of all drug arrests statewide, while Cook County represents 43 percent of the state's total population.
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September, 2007
Among the 22,095 inmates who were released from Illinois prisons in 1996, 8,916 ended up back in prison by the end of 1999–"a 40.4 percent recidivism rate. And drug offenders in Cook County posted a 42.8 percent recidivism rate, compared to 25.7 percent for offenders in Illinois' 101 other counties.
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September, 2007
For 10 days, Sam W. Shipp held steadfastly to his belief that Jonathan Tolliver was not guilty of murdering Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale.
The lone holdout on the jury said the prosecution did not present enough evidence to convince him, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Tolliver was guilty. Tolliver's fingerprints were not on the gun used to kill Ceriale, and prosecutors did not...
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September, 2007
Whites are most likely to report for jury duty at the Richard J. Daley Center, the criminal courts building and the Maywood courthouse, which draw jurors from the entire county. About three-fourths of Cook County's jurors report to these locations.
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September, 2007
Black men, especially young men, are the least likely to be chosen to serve on juries at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse at 26th Street and California Avenue and in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows.
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September, 2007
The Chicago Reporter observed jury selections in seven courtrooms at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in March. The tables show the race of prospective jurors questioned during jury selection, which ones were removed, which ones were selected for juries and the percentage of those selected. The tables also show which prospective jurors were selected among those who said they had been the...
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September, 2007
To set penalties for federal crimes, judges must use this sentencing table to pinpoint where the offense level and the defendant's criminal history intersect, and then impose a sentence within that range. For example, U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds was convicted in 1997 on 15 counts of bank fraud, wire fraud and lying to the Federal Election Commission. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Norgle Sr. enhanced...
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