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People v. Rios
This document discusses the appeal by Rene Rios Jr. challenging his pretrial detention under the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity Today Act before its effective date.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netPeople v. Battle
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to detain Asia Battle before her trial for robbery, vehicular hijacking, and battery due to being a threat to the complainant's safety.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netThe judges, however, wisely rejected that argument, quoting Thurgood Marshall's observation that given the mysteries of human motivation, “it would be unwise to presume as a matter of law that human beings of one definable group will not discriminate against other members of their group.”
Randall Kennedy • Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Opinion
A defendant appeals pretrial detention, arguing against an unlawful search and seizure claim and insufficient evidence showing he posed a real and present threat. The court's decision is affirmed.
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The great impulse of the courtroom seemed to be to put these people where they could not be seen—and not because they were offended at the crimes, unless, indeed, they were offended that the crimes were so petty, but because they did not wish to know that their society could be counted on to produce, probably in greater and greater numbers, a whole
... See moreJames Baldwin • Notes of a Native Son
When someone says Black people can’t be racist because Black people don’t have “institutional power,” they are flouting reality. The powerless defense strips Black policymakers and managers of all their power. The powerless defense says the more than 154 African Americans who have served in Congress from 1870 to 2018 had no legislative power. It sa
... See moreIbram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
People v. Long
The defendant appeals a trial court order finding his continued detention necessary due to charges of criminal sexual assault, citing a real threat to safety and community under statutory authority.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netPeople v. Watkins-Romaine, 2024 IL App (1st) 232479
The document discusses the State's untimely petition for pretrial detention of a defendant who remained in custody after the abolition of monetary bail under the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act.
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