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15 Jun 2012, 3:29 pm by Linda McClain
Yesterday, the public official to whom it would ordinarily fall to defend Illinois’s marriage law in the lawsuits – Cook County State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez – indicated in a court filing that the State’s Attorney supported plaintiffs’ suits. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 11:47 am by A
  This from today's Chicago Tribune:The fight for same-sex marriage rights in Illinois took an unprecedented turn Thursday as Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez conceded that the state's ban on gay marriage violates the Illinois Constitution, essentially agreeing with a pair of lawsuits her office was expected to oppose.Even the Lamba Legal attorney was surprised! [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 6:14 am by Sarah Paulsworth
[JURIST] Cook County State Attorney Anita Alvarez [official profile] argued Thursday that Illinois' ban on same-sex marriage [JURIST backgrounder] contravenes the state's constitution. [read post]
1 May 2012, 3:49 pm by Lewis Gainor
It is sponsored by State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, Public Defender Abishi Cunningham Jr, and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Dr. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 9:45 am
Yesterday, Anita Alvarez of Chicago's Cook County joined that trend. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 8:26 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, who noted that her office has faced recent budget and staff cuts, added that “the cost that really is laid on local prosecutors is enormous. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 8:23 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, who noted that her office has faced recent budget and staff cuts, added that “the cost that really is laid on local prosecutors is enormous. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 8:19 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, who noted that her office has faced recent budget and staff cuts, added that “the cost that really is laid on local prosecutors is enormous. [read post]
Speakers and Moderator Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney Tianne Bataille, Former Senior Counsel at Accenture LLP & Chair of the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services Anti-Trafficking Signature Program Rachel Durchslag, Founder and Executive Director, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation ("CAASE") Gunilla Ekberg, Professor, Master's Programme in International Human Rights at the Faculty of Law and the Raoul… [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:52 pm by Richard D. Friedman
Carroll pointed out, the judge certainly appeared to have relied on Cellmark as reporting the truth; the citation by Anita Alvarez, the Cook County Prosecuting Attorney, of a passage from the state supreme court decision declaring that the use was in support of the opinion did not help her in this respect. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 2:00 pm
Three men recently exonerated in a similar case -- Robert Taylor, James Harden and Jonathan Barr -- will be in court tomorrow to show their support.The office of State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has continued to oppose the release of the four men in Glover's murder, arguing that the DNA result is not enough to establish the innocence of the four men. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 1:15 pm
Three men recently exonerated in a similar case - Robert Taylor, James Harden and Jonathan Barr -- will be in court tomorrow to show their support.The office of State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has continued to oppose the release of the four men in Glover's murder, arguing that the DNA result is not enough to establish the innocence of the four men. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 3:46 pm
More than 70,000 people nationwide have signed a petition calling on Cook County District Attorney Anita Alvarez to join in seeking to overturn the convictions.Read the full article.Sign the petition.Read more about the case. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 1:48 pm
But Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez continues to fight the exonerations in both cases. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 9:54 am
This week our partners at ColorofChange.org, the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth and the Exoneration Project hand-delivered a petition to Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, with 66,700 signatures calling on her to overturn nine wrongful convictions. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 9:10 am by admin
They’re selling children and young women for sex right here in our own backyard,” said Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 7:41 pm by Glenn Reynolds
.” An embarrassing loss for Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, but a deserved one. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 4:08 pm
Today the Innocence Project partnered with Color of Change and other organizations to launch a petition calling on Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to join us in calling for the men's convictions to be vacated. [read post]