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2. Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center - Wikipedia

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   Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, [4] in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender's office).

3. Cook County Jail - Wikipedia

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   Since then, a 1920s neoclassical and art deco courthouse for the criminal division of the Cook County Circuit Court has operated at the South Lawndale complex. As of 2017, Cook County operated the third-largest jail system in the United States by inmate population (after the Los Angeles County and New York City jail systems). [3]

4. Clara Shortridge Foltz - Wikipedia

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   Foltz wanted to take the bar examination but California law at the time allowed only white males to become members of the bar. Foltz authored a state bill, known as the "Woman Lawyer Bill," which replaced "white male" with "person," and in September 1878 she passed the examination and was the first woman admitted to the California bar, and the first female lawyer on the entire west coast of ...

5. Stalled Justice update: Notoriously slow Cook County courts ...

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   As the pace of justice in Cook County has grown slower and slower, leaders of the criminal court system have failed for years to implement a first step toward reform: collecting data on why cases ...

6. As Cook County courts fail to address delays that erode ... - AOL

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   When a defendant appearing in court has been jailed for a lengthy period, a color-coded spreadsheet alerts the judge that the case has been dragging. Instead of hearings that last only a minute or ...

7. Experimental neighborhood courts will expand to the suburbs ...

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   Cook County will expand its restorative justice court program to the suburbs for the first time with a new court planned for the south suburban Sauk Village, Chief Judge Tim Evans announced Thursday.