Billions of Dollars Wasted on Racially Biased Arrests

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Chicago Tribune: State near top in racial disparity in pot busts

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WBEZ: ACLU finds racial disparities in Illinois pot arrests

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Chicago Tribune: Blacks more likely than whites to be arrested for pot

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Chicago Tribune: With court ruling, Cook County to gather DNA samples from arrestees

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Chicago Tribune Editorial: Same-sex marriage: Almost there

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WBEZ: Illinois prison health care lawsuit getting boost from ACLU

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Health care for prisoners

Earlier today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois joined a case in federal court in Chicago challenging the dysfunctional, mismanaged system that fails to adequately serve the nearly 50,000 persons in Illinois prisons. It is clear that the Illinois Department of Corrections is not providing timely, appropriate health care to prisoners, doing great harm to many and putting others at risk of death.

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Chicago Sun-Times: Obama comes home to raise money, push for gay marriage

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