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After being detained for five days in an airp...

On a Sunday in mid-August, more than a dozen people in black robes filled the two front pews of a Baptist church in Beverly.

“We welcome all these wonderful judges here today. Amen!” pastor Simon Gordon said with a grin, noting this wasn’t the first time judges have shown up at Triedstone Church. “Some I’m starting to know by face — not ’cause I’ve been in the cou...

Injustice Watch printed 200,000 copies of the judicial voting guide for the upcoming November 3 general election — more than ever before — and is partnering with community organizations, media partners, local businesses and volunteers to distribute them to more than 1,200 locations across Cook County.

You can pick up a copy at any of the locations marked in the ma...

Each day of the 2017 trial brought troubling news about defense attorney Bernard Shelton Jr.’s health.

Before jury selection began, Shelton told Cook County Circuit Judge Ursula Walowski he was getting over a bad case of food poisoning and was not in any shape to strongly defend his client, who was accused of abusing his then-girlfriend. But the judge noted that th...

Every two years, Cook County voters are faced with a hefty list of judges on their ballot whom they will choose to either keep for another term or remove from the bench in what’s known as a judicial retention election.

Here’s what to know about how judicial retention elections work.

Circuit court judges are elected to six...