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Richard Schmack And The High Cost Of Integrity
Feb 7, 2017(Comments: 0)February 7, 2017 (Fault Lines) – When Maria Ridulph was kidnapped in Sycamore, Illinois in 1957, no one knew the case would grow far beyond an abduction and murder. The nation’s oldest and coldest murder case... -
Taxes And Regulations Bring Bootlegging Back From The Dead
Jan 24, 2017(Comments: 3)January 24, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Taxes are the scourge of our existence. They are so hated they are often mentioned in the same breath as death. Most people will do anything to avoid them. But... -
James Brunson Fought The Law And Won
Dec 22, 2016(Comments: 7)December 22, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Usually the phrase, “I fought the law and the law won,” is a truism in the justice system. There are, however, rare moments where the little guy fights the law and... -
Debate: Kim Foxx’s Fidelity To Law
Dec 19, 2016(Comments: 2)December 19, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Ed. Note: The question was raised whether Kim Foxx, the new Cook County, Illinois, State’s Attorney, who defeated Anita Alvarez, would do any better. Foxx announced some changes to her office’s... -
Debate: Kim Foxx, A Good Thing, Even If A Bit Too Much Of It
Dec 19, 2016(Comments: 0)December 19, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Ed. Note: The question was raised whether Kim Foxx, the new Cook County, Illinois, State’s Attorney, who defeated Anita Alvarez, would do any better. Foxx announced some changes to her office’s... -
Free Attorneys for Crime Victims…To Do What?
Nov 21, 2016(Comments: 1)November 21, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In Illinois, a victims’ rights advocate named Denise Rotheimer is pushing a for a new “right” to be added to the list: crime victims should get lawyers at public expense. Her... -
The Habits of “Highly Effective” Officers
Nov 7, 2016(Comments: 0)November 7, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Meet Officer Denis Lawler, who, until recently was regarded by his employer, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District in Chicago, as “highly effective” and whose conduct “sets an example for others... -
Fault Lines Contributes To Illinois’ Driver Education Course
Aug 12, 2016(Comments: 1)August 12, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Illinois gets a bad rap over police misconduct. Despite the best efforts of independent review boards and oversight groups, the state’s citizens continue to develop troubling injuries and deaths during police... -
Cops With EpiPens? What Could Go Wrong?
Aug 9, 2016(Comments: 4)Aug. 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Illinois, that bastion of progressivism, is at it again. The Chicago Tribune reports that Governor Bruce Rauner, who is currently on vacation in Montana, picked up his pen Friday, August... -
All In The Family, When Cops Kill
Aug 25, 2015(Comments: 5)Aug. 24, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — We’ve talked about police involved shootings and the investigations conducted, along with the lack of prosecution. We’ve talked about how district and state’s attorneys are not willing to take these...