Video of Town Hall Meeting: Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: Facts vs Fiction

Video of Town Hall Meeting: Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: Facts vs Fiction

 
 Town Hall Meeting:  Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill:  Facts vs Fiction held April 29.
 
 
 

The Details of the Town Hall Meeting are below:


Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: Facts vs Fiction
The new criminal justice reform bill includes significant positive changes but may not cover the scope of needed accountability. Our expert panel will sift through this complex bill, so that we all better understand the gains we’ve made and areas that still require advocacy. Q and A will follow.

Webinar hosted by Rainbow PUSH Coalition and streamed on Face Book

Panel of Experts
Hon. Chris Welch Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives Overview
Kim Foxx Cook County State’s Attorney- Implementation of the Crime bill
Eric Rinehart Lake County State's Attorney- Police accountability
Sharone Mitchell- Cook County Defender-Bail bond aspect of bill
John Maki, Dir. of Innovations, Alliance for Safety and Justice- Victim Services
Rev. Dr. Janette Wilson National Director PUSH for Excellence Moderator
                                                               

Co-sponsored: Rainbow PUSH Coalition, NCJW Illinois, NAACP DuPage County, Illinois NOW, League of Women Voters of Naperville, NAACP Evanston/North Shore, Courts Matter Illinois, People for a Safer Society, Friends Who March, IL Muslim Civic Coalition, Indivisible Illinois, Indivisible Naperville, NWSOFA Indivisible, NOW Chicago, NOW McHenry County, NOW Peoria, North and Northwest Suburban NOW, The Justice Project: The March Continues, Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, Bend the Arc Jewish Action Champaign-Urban, NOW Springfield, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Illinois, Chicago Women Take Action, Indivisible, NOW Chicago, NOW McHenry County, NOW Peoria, North and Northwest Suburban NOW,
  • The Justice Project: The March Continues, Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct
    Organization, Bend the Arc Jewish Action Champaign-Urban, NOW Springfield, Religious Action Center
    of Reform Judaism Illinois, Chicago Women Take Action,
    (More co-sponsors will be joining us)
This page is related to which committees: 
The Criminal Justice Study