Nolo's Blog
AUGUST 27, 2020
But not in Illinois, thanks to. The post Attacking Store Workers for Enforcing Rules on Wearing Face Masks: Now a Felony in Illinois appeared first on Nolo. Of course, it’s already a crime in most states to do anything like this (or to attack anyone else, for that matter). Read More Read More.
The Crime Report
MARCH 9, 2022
A companion “report card” ranking all 50 states according to how well they measure up in nine different areas of reentry and reintegration gives Illinois the highest marks and places Alaska at the bottom. Pardon Attorney, in the introduction to the report. and then assigning an overall ranking for each state. Washington D.C.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Illinois state lawmakers and voting rights advocates hope to pass legislation that would restore voting rights to people in prisons, a change proponents say could help connect them “to a process that’s for the betterment of society,” reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
The Crime Report
MAY 19, 2022
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) has signed a law outlawing unmarked “ghost guns,” making Illinois the only state in the Midwest to ban such weapons, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The Illinois law requires all firearms, including 3D-printed guns, to be marked with serial numbers. A second violation would be a Class 3 felony.
The Crime Report
JULY 29, 2022
Nearly 20,000 Cook County, Illinois residents are walking around with revoked firearm owner’s identification cards, with illegal guns presumably in their homes, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Of those 20,000 with revoked cards, a little over 1,800 are subjects of “clear and present danger” reports compiled by the Illinois State Police.
The Crime Report
JUNE 15, 2021
Even as legal weed sales in Illinois continue to shatter records nearly 18 months after kicking off, the illicit pot trade is still dominating a total statewide market some experts have valued at over $4 billion, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. estimates that black market pot sales in Illinois will top $2.2 billion this year.
The Crime Report
JULY 16, 2021
However, a new study published by the Loyola University Chicago Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy and Practice found that 72 percent of all the arrests and convictions in Illinois for firearm-related offenses over the past decade have been for illegal firearm possession, a nonviolent offense.
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