justice in the state of Illinois.
A ranking member of the Illinois Senate has picked up a bill that would allow people to clear low-level marijuana convictions from their record with permission from a judge. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/bill-to-clear-some-past-marijuana-convictions-gets-new-support/article_8a5ea6b6-fa5c-11e8-8a9b-ef95ffdf87b2.html
Government officials are warning tax filers that identity thieves are getting smarter about accessing information and using it to steal tax rebates. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/tax-officials-warn-of-surge-in-email-phishing-scams/article_55f41764-f8bb-11e8-9f5f-ef105ac9c6c5.html
Illinois lawmakers asked Illinois State Police officials about how long it takes to run DNA tests on evidence from murder cases and other crime scenes amid scrutiny of the state’s backlog of untested DNA. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-state-police-defend–year-dna-testing-backlog/article_aa20cf56-f7be-11e8-b32e-bb31a62d7521.html
Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford wants to bar law enforcement agencies from releasing photos of people who have been arrested for low-level crimes until after a conviction. Ford says having a mug shot posted and shared on social media… https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/should-mug-shots-be-made-public-before-a-conviction/article_30006182-f72d-11e8-80e1-1fc9e4dc6b56.html
Incoming Gov. J.B. Pritzker is preparing to take office, but his legal team is still fighting discrimination claims made against his election campaign. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/attorneys-for-pritzker-ask-judge-to-dismiss-campaign-racial-discrimination/article_2ab4a6c8-ecf8-11e8-824f-ffe109036595.html
Whether there’s a class action lawsuit against a theme park for collecting fingerprints of minors without parental consent may depend on how the Illinois Supreme Court rules on a case it heard Tuesday. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-supreme-court-to-rule-if-someone-can-sue-if/article_2e4a5126-eced-11e8-95fe-9f00f85092ba.html
