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The following is the statement of Karen Sheley, the ACLU of Illinois' Director of the Police Practices Project, in response to the release of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force report:
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois legislative body is being told today that the State’s civil asset forfeiture laws are unfair, inconsistent and chaotic.
CHICAGO – The ACLU of Illinois, joined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, today asked the state supreme court to strike down the “incredibly broad scope” of limitations contained in the state’s sex offender registry laws.
CHICAGO – A measure modernizing a more than half-century old law allowing persons born in the state to change the gender marker on their Illinois birth certificate has cleared an Illinois House Committee and is now on its way to the full House for a vote.
Earlier this morning, the Illinois House Human Services Committee, without taking testimony or further action, moved House Bill 4474 sponsored by Representative Tom Morrison to a subcommittee.
CHICAGO – An administrative law judge with the Illinois Human Rights Commission ordered a Paxton bed and breakfast that denied acce