SOURCE: Kane County Recycles 2:30PM THURSDAY, APRIL 23 Clint Hull, chief judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit in Kane County, has ordered that most criminal and civil cases be continued to after June 1, 2020. “This decision is to protect the health and safety of the general public and courthouse employees and made after consultation […]
Month: April 2020
Divorce and Family Law During the Pandemic
Governor Pritzker’s executive order in response to Covid-19 has effectively shut down court houses, with certain important exceptions. On March 20, 2020 the governor ordered that all individuals currently living withing the State of Illinois are ordered to stay at home; however, certain individuals are allowed to leave their residences for essential activities. Among those […]
DRIVING AND DUI IN THE TIME OF COVID
Although a recent review of media sources revealed that the number of actual DUI cases are down, those reports did not account for and consider the actual reduction of motorist traffic. It seems likely that when you consider the reduction of traffic nationwide, the reduction in DUI arrests may be simply a function of a […]
Illinois governor commutes sentence of jailed cancer patient
Apr 5, 2020 Updated Apr 5, 2020 CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker commuted the sentence of a suburban Chicago man with cancer who was serving four years in prison for ordering 42 pounds of chocolate infused with the main psychoactive component in marijuana. Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lindsey Hess said Thomas Franzen […]
Cancer patient serving 4 years for THC chocolates out of prison thanks to governor
Thomas J. Franzen Harry Hitzeman Updated 4/1/2020 5:48 AM Gov. J.B. Pritzker has commuted the four-year prison sentence of a cancer patient who had nearly 43 pounds of THC-infused chocolates delivered to his house in Montgomery. Thomas J. Franzen, 37, was discharged from the minimum-security wing at the Stateville Correctional Center Monday afternoon […]