Legacy lap: Kim Foxx reflects on growing up in Cabrini, leading ‘difficult conversations’ with no ‘simple answers’ – Chicago Sun-Times

Foxx became a national figure during her time in office, though a polarizing one who has had a significant impact on criminal justice in Cook County. Under Foxx, the office overturned hundreds of convictions of people who were victims of alleged police misconduct and undertook efforts to vacate convictions for low-level marijuana offenses after the state legalized recreational marijuana. She also was an important supporter of the SAFE-T Act, which made Illinois the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail. Foxx also clashed with Lori Lightfoot and her police superintendent on cases where her office declined to approve felony charges.