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Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Kelly Garcia @kellygarcia.bsky.social · 20h

One big lingering question is how the county plans to continue or discontinue the use of confinement at the new facilities. Commissioner Bridget Degnen, asks for clarification from JTDC staff.

"We don't use behavioral room confinement for discipline," says JTDC team leader Michael Fowlin.

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Kelly Garcia @kellygarcia.bsky.social · 20h

The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Advisory Board meeting (so many words...) is underway at 69 W. Washington. On the agenda: updates on plans to "reimagine" the facility.

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 1d

Read the full story here: www.injusticewatch.org/project/deny...

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 2d

📻 Tune in to WVON 1690AM Chicago at 9:30 a.m. today to hear senior reporter Dan Hinkel discuss his latest story about the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit — and how State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has weakened an already broken system for freeing innocent people.

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Exonerations Grind to a Halt Under Chicago’s New Prosecutor

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 2d

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 3d

An advocate for conviction integrity units says that the fact that Cook County’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in a year is a serious disappointment. “It makes no sense.”

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has weakened her office’s already broken system for freeing the innocent, even as allegations of coercion mount against a former Chicago detective.

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 4d

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has allowed her office’s Conviction Integrity Unit to shrink. It’s now half its former size — with just three attorneys to investigate innocence claims. Copublished with
@boltsmag.org: www.injusticewatch.org/project/deny...

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 5d

CPD rehired Forberg as a criminal intelligence research specialist after he retired as a detective. His sometimes-partner, John Foster, remains a commander of detectives. Supt. Larry Snelling declined to discuss those facts.

Forberg also quit a small suburban department after I asked about the job.

Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 5d

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has failed to systematically review cases involving former Chicago police Detective Brian Forberg, despite more than a dozen allegations of coercion against him and his partners. Copublished with @boltsmag.org:

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 5d

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has failed to systematically review cases involving former Chicago police Detective Brian Forberg, despite more than a dozen allegations of coercion against him and his partners. Copublished with @boltsmag.org:

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social · 5d

My colleague @danhinkel.bsky.social found that not a single person has been exonerated with the help of the "conviction integrity unit" under the new Cook County State's Attorney

Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 6d

Eileen O'Neill Burke made it harder for people to have their innocence claims investigated by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit — one of several ways her office is weakening review of wrongful convictions. Read the latest from us and @boltsmag.org:

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…

Exonerations Grind to a Halt Under Chicago’s New Prosecutor

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6d

"The prosecutor's office is there to do justice."

"And, my goodness, if you have reason to believe that your office was used by rogue police officers to convict the innocent, why wouldn't you investigate?"
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Incarceration

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has weakened her office’s already broken system for freeing the innocent, even as allegations of coercion mount against a former Chicago detective.

Exonerations Grind to a Halt Under Chicago’s New Prosecutor - Bolts

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 6d

A report commissioned by prosecutors cites more than a dozen cases where witnesses or defendants allege that a Chicago detective, Brian Forberg, or his partners, bullied witnesses into falsely blaming them for murder. Read our new collaboration with @injusticewatch.org:
boltsmag.org/chicago-cook...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has weakened her office’s already broken system for freeing the innocent, even as allegations of coercion mount against a former Chicago detective.

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 6d

Eileen O'Neill Burke made it harder for people to have their innocence claims investigated by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit — one of several ways her office is weakening review of wrongful convictions. Read the latest from us and @boltsmag.org:

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 7d

revelations about cops planting evidence, threatening or coercing witnesses, and torturing people into false confessions have made Chicago the epicenter of the wrongful conviction crisis

yet prosecutors are weakening their response, even as another police abuse scandal looms over dozens of cases

Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 8d

NEW from @injusticewatch.org and @boltsmag.org: Cook County has more documented wrongful convictions than any county in the nation. In the last 10 months, State’s Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has weakened her office’s main system for freeing innocent people. buff.ly/ysPtaYG

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…

Chicago Already Struggled to Free the Innocent. Its New Prosecutor Has Weakened the Process Further. - Bolts

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Chicago has a so-called 'conviction integrity unit' that's meant to identify and free the innocent.

Since the new prosecutor came into office, it's all gone south—cases are not being reviewed, and allegations of police coercion are left unaddressed:
boltsmag.org/chicago-cook...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job. Meanwhile, she's done little to confront more than a dozen coercion ...

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 8d

Here's part two of my Denying Innocence series on the failures by Cook County prosecutors to investigate innocence claims. Thanks to our friends @boltsmag.org for copublishing.

Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 8d

NEW from @injusticewatch.org and @boltsmag.org: Cook County has more documented wrongful convictions than any county in the nation. In the last 10 months, State’s Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has weakened her office’s main system for freeing innocent people. buff.ly/ysPtaYG

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…