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Whoever succeeds Kim Foxx must carry the torch forward on criminal justice reform, while avoiding the mistakes Foxx made.

After two terms, Foxx said she would not run for reelection, leaving an open seat for Cook County’s top prosecutor in 2024.

The Chicago area’s top prosecutor will not seek reelection after two terms of intense scrutiny of her efforts to overhaul criminal prosecutions and her approach to high-profile cases, including charges against actor Jussie Smollett

Chosen twice by voters to be the county’s top prosecutor by wide margins, Foxx also faced near-constant criticism for her office’s progressive policy choices and their perceived impact on crime in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Nearly a year after being sentenced to five months in jail, only to be released on bond days later, former actor Jussie Smollett has filed his long-awaited appeal claiming his indictment by a special prosecutor was invalid due to double-jeopardy concerns and that the trial judge was biased…

The filing repeats several arguments that were made ahead of the actor’s trial, including that the prosecution violated his protection against double jeopardy.

The actor and singer is appealing his 2021 conviction for staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago and lying about it.

Cook County indictments involving to four women were filed in 2019, but Kelly has twice been convicted on federal charges involving some of the same alleged victims, and is serving a 30-year sentence in New York for sex trafficking.

The attorneys said their brief is ready but they are still waiting on a ruling on whether they can submit a longer filing than is typically allowed.

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Right-wing extremist Mr Jones has repeatedly disrespected Judge Barbara Bellis on both his show and outside the courthouse