Cook County chief judge withheld key court data; under Tribune pressure, he’s reversed that policy – Chicago Tribune

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans appears at a news conference in Chicago in 2017. He recently announced he was reversing a policy against providing full access to digital criminal court records.

Comment: Salute to the Tribune on this. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans for nearly two decades has had a policy of restricting the public’s access to digital criminal court records. Last month, after the Tribune filed a legal challenge, Evans announced he was reversing his policy and will release complete records to the newspaper in the coming weeks and months.
 

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