Advocates say habitual offender laws, such as the one under which Michael Lightfoot was sentenced, are draconian, increase incarceration rates, and amplify racial inequities in the justice system.
CHICAGO — When a group of Democratic state senators joined Republicans in rejecting two of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s nominees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board last month, it became clear
A bipartisan group of lawmakers rejected two of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s nominees to the state’s Prisoner Review Board last month, highlighting how crime and politics have changed over the last several years.