Over the next year I'll be writing about the prosecutors up for election in 2016. Some of them have been tyrants in office, breaking laws, over prosecuting, and doing whatever they can to secure a conviction. I'm starting with one of the worst ones, Anita Alvarez. And because she's been so terrible, I'm going to split her story into two posts. Yes, there are that many examples of misconduct coming out of Alvarez's office.
Alvarez is the Cook County state's attorney, which is just another way of saying that she's the DA of Chicago. She has been working in the state's attorney's office as a prosecutor for nearly 30 years and has been the head of the office since 2008. She's up for reelection next November, and the March primary is coming up quickly. Kim Foxx, a Chicago native and a believer in criminal justice reform, is challenging her in the primary. (There will be more on Foxx in the next post.)
Alvarez is known as one of the worst prosecutors in the country. Here are just a few of the dozens of stories of misconduct and bad behavior in Alvarez’s office.