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U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald stepping down U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is leaving office effective June 30. He has held the position since 2001 and oversaw the prosecution of governors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich. Teachers to rally, march downtown today | VIDEO Days after NATO protesters flooded Chicago's downtown streets, teachers are planning to do the same later Wednesday. 'Mummified' body found in Blue Island house Police in suburban Blue Island say a ''mummified'' body has been discovered in a home. Chicago eliminating E. coli swim bans | VIDEO The Chicago Park District is making changes that mean the beaches may never close for high bacterial levels. Google buys Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet's most powerful company as it tries to shape the future of mobile computing. Chicago ranks 14th in national park space survey Chicago's large network of green space means that 90 percent of the city's residents are within a half-mile's walking distance of at least one neighborhood park, Cook County Forest Preserve or public space. MORE STORIES Strange News Suit claims woman fired for being 'too hot' University's stolen sculpture fished out of lake Bigfoot hair samples wanted for European study Man accused of punching kid at 'Titanic' screening Ronald Reagan blood up for auction? Consumer More car buyers considering fuel efficiency Special Segment: Games for Good | VIDEO Pet Apps | VIDEO Pet Week: Slimming down your pet, saving money | VIDEO Chrysler recalls 2010 Jeep Wranglers Healthbeat Cloning Teeth: Medicine's next big thing? PSA test advice sparks debate Supplements linked to liver damage? More injuries after barefoot running trend Study links bald men, prostate cancer MOST POPULAR Video shows dad put son in running washing machine Facebook stock: Regulators probe bank's role in IPO Feud preceding Tinley Park mob attack continues online Teachers to rally, march downtown today Woman, 23, charged with DUI in boy's Skokie death All Most Popular

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IMPORTANT UPDATE - Safer Foundation Legislative Advocacy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Public Policy and External Relations May 23, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAFER FOUNDATION SUPPORTS SENATE BILL 2621: SAFE AND COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ILLINOIS PRISON OVERCROWDING        Calls to Senators needed TODAY for SB2621 Sponsored by Senators Kwame Raoul, Michael Noland, John J. Millner, Mattie Hunter, Thomas Johnson, Pamela J. Althoff, Annazette Collins and William Delgado Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie   SENATE BILL 2621 was not called to the Senate floor last week and needs one more push to get it out of the Senate and into the House. This bill has bi-partisan support and Senator Dillard and Senator Raoul need to know that people support this bill.   Please email or call them TODAY and ask your colleagues, associates ,and clients to do the same. SB2621 provides a safe, cost-effective way to reduce Illinois' prison population.   For the past several months, many members of the Coalition for Prison Reform have worked hard to put together SB2621 to address Illinois prison overcrowding. We need Senator Dillard and Senator Raoul to receive messages in their offices today urging them to move SB2621 for a full Senate vote.   Please email or call Senators Dillard and Raoul today and send them this message: "Subject: Move SB2621 today" "Please move SB2621 today. Your support is critical. This bill will help relieve prison overcrowding and protect the safety of inmates, prison staff, and the public." Contact information - Senator Dillard:   Email: Senator@kdillard.com Call: 217.782.8148 Senator Raoul: Email: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NcPKFEznDeX17pRQrH_idn6oz3pfERGPKFM-JBgIepl8rMzshYH4rc9iylxSITahrUvkm22O_1iuY55oePDrZvZy-XXTthIsoEU7JDJQo3UHJBWFPpaXA5SGna0jyawcfRGpOlI3HEWEYc26f3JjHLCmtcC76ZWe  Call: 217-782-5338   Thank you for your continued support!      RESPONSIBLE EARLY RELEASE   SB2621's Sentence Credits Will Provide A Safe, Cost-Effective Way To Reduce the Prison Population   Sentence credits will protect the safety of staff and inmates by incentivizing good behavior. Sentence credits encourage participation in programming, which studies show to be the most effective way for prison officials to reduce recidivism . Sentence credits are not available to violent offenders. Sentence credits require eligible inmates to earn time off their sentences. Sentence credits' implementation will be open and transparent through an annual reporting requirement. Sentence credits are standard correctional practice in prison systems throughout the country.          Supporters   John Howard Association ACLU of Illinois A Safe Haven Appleseed Foundation Cabrini Green Legal Aid Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) Coalition for Prison Reform; Illinois Prison Talk League of Women Voters of Illinois Metropolis Strategies Protestants for the Common Good Roosevelt University's Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt's Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy Safer Foundation Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law TASC Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.    If you have any comments or questions, please contact:   Esther Franco-Payne, Program Director Metropolis Strategies (formerly Chicago Metropolis 2020) 30 West Monroe Street, 13th Floor Chicago, IL  60603 312/332-6293 phone 312/332-2626 fax esther.franco-payne@cm2020.org e-mail   "Protecting our nation's children and young people from violence is a responsibility that every American shares. For today's Justice Department, this work is one of most important, and most urgent, priorities." --Attorney General Holder.           Follow Us on Twitter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow @SaferFoundation on Twitter for more updates on criminal justice news and more information about the organization. We appreciate your support!  Public Policy and External Relations Contacts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B. Diane Williams, President / CEO Veronica Cunningham, Vice President, Public Policy and External Relations Jon Kaplan, Director, Marketing and Communication Anthony Lowery, Director, Policy and Advocacy phone: 312-922-2200 www.saferfoundation.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Many articles refer to people with criminal records as "ex-offenders" or "offenders". While we appreciate all the positive press these issues receive, we are working to use other terms to describe our clients that do not carry such negative connotations. These terms include "people with criminal records" or "people reentering society".

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Facebook IPO Investigated, Romney Leads Obama, Egypt Polls Obama, Plus Kerry Kennedy, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Van Jones

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Regulators Circling Facebook WORLD Doctor Who Helped US Find Bin Laden Sentenced To Prison WORLD Polls Open In Historic Egypt Elections POLITICS Government Report Contradicts GOP On Dire Situation BUSINESS Nasdaq Official: We Should Have Had 'The Right Solution Before Moving Forward' With Facebook IPO POLITICS Romney Picks Up Surprising Lead In New Poll BLOG POSTS Van Jones: More Solar, Not Less Central to the move towards localized clean energy is a little-known policy called "net metering." Today, there are over 100,000 rooftop solar energy systems in California and net metering is the policy responsible for 99% of them. Bernard-Henri Lévy: Kerouac at the Cinema I can see myself, talking about one of those books of life, a source of sustenance for young people refusing the inevitability of an timid existence, one somehow cracked or just rocked softly into precocious old age, a book like a bible, a treatise on savoir-vivre for the use of future generations, Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm: Voter Suppression Is Treasonous It is an affront to our democracy that you need a specific identification to vote for a candidate, but not to finance one. Why is it so easy to buy a government, but becoming so hard to vote for one? Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: "Whom Shall I Fear?" The Incomparable Testimony Of Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Congressman John Lewis is the last living leader of the civil rights movement. I spoke with him about his new book and the role that faith, nonviolence and reconciliation played in the civil rights movement. Kerry Kennedy: Ode to My Best Friend -- Mary Richardson Kennedy Let's not remember Mary for her despair, but let's take inspiration from her determination to heal the woundedness in herself and in those she loved.

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