According to a national database made by the Restoration of Rights Project, Illinois is one of best states in the country to apply for executive clemency.[1] This organization categorizes Illinois as among 17 states where pardons are granted on a “Frequent/Regular” basis.[2] This was not always the case. The previous Governor, Bruce Rauner, granted…
There is a constitutional right to bear arms in America, but in Illinois, the Constitution won’t save you from prison. Don’t mess around with guns in this State. You can’t just casually carry or even possess a gun in Illinois. This is not Texas. Illinois is one of 12 states, including the District of Columbia,…
COPS & CORONAVIRUS- WHAT TO KNOW & WHAT NOT TO DO Now that we’re on week 3 of the stay at home order in Illinois, people are experiencing a multitude of emotions as our day to day life radically transforms. Businesses are closed temporarily, traffic doesn’t exist, and if you turn on the news it’s…
PACKED & STRAPPED FOR THE FRIENDLY SKIES? WHAT HAPPENS IF FORGET YOUR GUN IN YOUR CARRY ON? In 2019, the TSA confiscated 4,432 guns at security checkpoints in US airports nationwide. 87% percent of those guns were loaded.[1] With the total number of guns consociated up 7% since 2017, more and more people each year…
RR was arrested earlier this summer while seated in his car on Chicago’s south side. Officers approached him and claimed they could smell a strong odor of alcohol emanating from him and his car. He was ordered out of the car but refused to perform standardized field sobriety tests. During cross examination the officer seemed…
Stilwell was shackled and led out of the courtroom, showing little emotion as if in disbelief that he was going to spend the Memorial Day weekend at home with his family.
We were contacted and subsequently hired by the family of BB in July of 2015. BB had been charged with multiple counts of an unspeakable and reprehensible crime. His indictment was for Predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. There is a great danger with these type of cases of a rush to judgment. We had represented wrongfully accused people of this particular crime in the past. The manner of interrogation and interview of the supposed victims was actually causing false and inaccurate statements to be elicited from the alleged victims.
FINDING OF NO PROBABLE CAUSE AT PRELIMINARY HEARING – CASE DISMISSED BD was pulled over on the south side in April for a traffic violation. BD and his passengers were ordered out of the car. All were detained while a search was conducted. Inside the car, several packets of crack cocaine were recovered. Cross-examination revealed…
KD was parked in a White Castle restaurant parking lot in a western suburb last November when he was approached by local police. The officers had pulled their squad car behind him and shined their hand held spot light on KD and his friend. They then approached KD’s car and allegedly observed him making “furtive…
