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24 Sep 2021, 4:46 am by Sami Azhari
The Offender Initiative Program is a new statute modeled after the deferred prosecution program developed by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. [read post]
24 Mar 2021, 5:45 pm by Peter S. Lubin and Patrick Austermuehle
Following an investigation of the Innocence Project’s journalistic and investigative practices, Anita Alvarez, the Cook County State’s Attorney revisited Simon’s case and formally abandoned all charges against him. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 12:45 pm
In Chicago, BLM pressure led Anita Alvarez — who had inexplicably failed to charge police officers who shot at least 68 people to death — to lose her re-election bid for Cook County prosecutor. [read post]
9 Jun 2017, 4:06 am by Mario Machado
The Project’s conduct was described by Anita Alvarez, the head of the Cook County State Attorney’s Office at the time, as involving “a series of alarming tactics that were not only coercive and absolutely unacceptable by law enforcement standards, they were potentially in violation of Mr. [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 6:41 am
Stripping away the allegations of the complaint, there is no dispute that Alstory Simon was incarcerated for fifteen years based on charges the former Cook County State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, publicly acknowledged were not properly brought.Preib is a police officer, freelance journalist, and author of the blog Crooked City (Preib's Mot. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 3:51 am by SHG
In Chicago, voters rejected Anita Alvarez and replaced her with Kim Foxx. [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 2:26 pm by mdkeenan
In April, 2015, Cook County Prosecutor Anita Alvarez announced that her office would no longer prosecute misdemeanor marijuana offenses. [read post]
19 Mar 2016, 5:27 am by SHG
First, Anita Alvarez, the reigning Cook County State’s Attorney, lost. [read post]
17 Mar 2016, 3:20 pm by The Davis Law Group, P.C.
Kim Foxx will be the democratic candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney, defeating current State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. [read post]
17 Mar 2016, 3:20 pm by The Davis Law Group, P.C.
Kim Foxx will be the democratic candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney, defeating current State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 4:13 am by Michael Rosenblat
How can Anita Alvarez the Cook County State’s Attorney restore the public trust in her office? [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 1:27 pm
"... because Johnson had a gun, had resisted arrest and was running toward other cops and into a park, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said Monday. [read post]
28 Nov 2015, 7:58 am by John Floyd
  The case was turned over to Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez who apparently sat on the investigation for more than a year until November 25, 2015, when she announced that Van Dyke had been charged with first-degree murder. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 3:57 pm by Law Offices of David L. Freidberg, P.C.
The State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has actually ordered those prosecuting felony gun possession cases to present them to grand juries rather than go before a judge in a preliminary hearing. [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 3:42 pm by Theodore Harvatin
Cook County State Attorney Anita Alvarez announced that her office would stop prosecuting people for small amounts of marijuana. [read post]
Passage comes on the heels of a recent announcement made by Cook County state’s attorney Anita Alvarez that her office will no longer prosecute minor pot cases. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 1:42 pm by Kent Scheidegger
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14 Jan 2015, 5:57 am by SHG
State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has said that “other viable options” could have been used to subdue Wrana other than the “violent extrication” chosen by Park Forest police. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 4:30 am by SHG
Last week, Simon walked out of prison a free man after Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced that her office, after a yearlong investigation, was vacating the charges against him and ending his 37-year sentence. [read post]