Cook County Judge overturns decades-old double-murder conviction, final outcome yet to be determined
A judge has vacated the double-murder conviction of a Chicago man who has spent the last 34 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two 14-year-old boys. Fifty-two-year-old Francisco Benitez has maintained his innocence, and Cook
New Illinois law mandates two formerly incarcerated individuals are included in ICJIA
A new law provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) include two individuals who have been previously incarcerated. The law was proposed by the Young Invincibles’ Young Advocates Program, which trains young adults on advocacy