According to Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, about 80 percent of those charged with gun crimes in 2016 pleaded guilty, with the remainder of the cases going to trial. Only about 30 percent of the defendants whose cases were decided by a judge in a bench trial were convicted, while juries convicted about 42 percent
“Communities across the country are demanding a criminal justice system that advances safety and justice – and prosecutors are stepping up to heed the call.”
The new Progressive Labour Party government will have its plate full with a wide range of complex issues. Among them will be the deeply disturbing trend of gun violence, believed to be gang-related, which seems unstoppable despite numerous efforts by previous governments, police, community leaders, and cries from various sections of public life that something
Acting Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Chief Medaria Arradondo, who is taking over for recently resigned Chief Janee Harteau, has been on the force for 28 years, and has been instrumental in MPD's work with the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice.
“Over half of the killings of American women are related to intimate partner violence, with the vast majority of the victims dying at the hands of a current or former romantic partner, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today.”
IPVI Director Rachel Teicher, on the power dynamic between victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence: “We often forget that, besides there being a very powerful dynamic of power and control, there can be love. There can be very intense feelings of love or fidelity that can bleed into neediness or dependence once you’ve become
New Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy believes that “every officer should function as a community police officer.” He also plans, with guidance from NNSC Director David Kennedy, to implement a violence reduction strategy that draws from the concepts behind the Group Violence Intervention.
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution Executive Session members Mark Gonzalez, Kim Ogg, and Kim Foxx are among a new breed of prosecutors who are “eschewing the death penalty, talking rehabilitation as much as punishment, and often refusing to charge people for minor offenses.”
Jason Lando is the commander of Zone 5 — once known as the Fighting 5th — the toughest police precinct in the city. But after years of community distrust culminating in the controversial arrest of student Jordan Miles — Lando has tried to set a new tone. “It’s literally about winning people over one person at a time. You
York City is off to a good start with its new Group Violence Intervention initiative. So says the national advisor for the organization that created the program on which it’s based, who notes the local stakeholders have “gone beyond lip service.” “There are a couple pieces (to the initiative) that cities can get right —