Surrounded by sponsoring lawmakers, criminal justice reform advocates and a victim of wrongful conviction, Governor JB Pritzker signed a package of nation-leading legislation that puts Illinois at the forefront of the work to bring about true reform to the state’s justice system. “An essential tenet of good governance is recognizing the need to change the … Continued

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