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Emily Hoerner | Injustice Watch

Injustice Watch
Strawberry Hampton, 28, a transgender woman from the South Side who is suing the Illinois Department of Corrections for discrimination, sexual abuse and assault by prisoners and corrections officers at male prisons.
Politics
On Facebook, Illinois prison guards, accused of abuses by transgender inmates, mocked LGBTQ community
The officers who posted the offensive and explicit memes and other posts all identified themselves as Department of Corrections employees.
By Emily Hoerner | Injustice Watch
 
Associate Cook County Judge Angela M. Petrone.
The Watchdogs
Despite reversals, controversies, associate judges try to keep their seats
Injustice Watch examination highlights problem jurists on Cook County bench
By Emily Hoerner | Injustice Watch, Abigail Blachman | Injustice Watch, and 1 more
 
Ex-Cook County Judge Nicholas Ford, who retired from the bench in April, has been appointed an immigration judge based in San Francisco, prompting criticism from a legal group.
Crime
Lawyers group blasts appointment of retired Cook County judge to immigration court
The group says Nicholas Ford has no business serving in that court based on his judicial record.
By Emily Hoerner | Injustice Watch
 
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News
Judge gave teen 76 years based on eyewitness he didn’t know was legally blind
A Cook County judge found an eyewitness persuasive in a Chicago murder case. What he — and the accused — didn’t know: The witness was legally blind.
By Emily Hoerner | Injustice Watch