Chief Judge Timothy Evans has to "balance the rights of defendants with the realities of the county court system, where social distancing is practically impossible during normal operations. Added to that is the difficult task of assembling a jury during a time when many people are avoiding public gatherings altogether."
Most other courts in IL are operating or operating remotely except for trials. Federal court, despite their slowdown, is still going, for the most part, full steam ahead. Cook County, of course, is a disaster. Partially because the court houses are not designed for social distancing (they’re designed to herd through the commoners) and because Dorothy Brown is so backwards that they still use carbon paper to write orders.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Most other courts in IL are operating or operating remotely except for trials. Federal court, despite their slowdown, is still going, for the most part, full steam ahead. Cook County, of course, is a disaster. Partially because the court houses are not designed for social distancing (they’re designed to herd through the commoners) and because Dorothy Brown is so backwards that they still use carbon paper to write orders.