Bill Text: IL HR0384 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Sharone Mitchell Jr. on being appointed Cook County Public Defender.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR0384 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0384-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Sharone Mitchell Jr. on | ||||||
4 | being appointed Cook County Public Defender; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell, prior to becoming the Cook | ||||||
6 | County Public Defender, served as Director
of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Justice Project
(April 2014-July 2016), as a Criminal Defense | ||||||
8 | Attorney
with the Cook County Public Defender's Office
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9 | (February 2010-July 2016), and as a Criminal Defense Legal | ||||||
10 | Intern
with Cabrini-Green Legal Aid
(2007- 2009); and
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11 | WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell, as Director
of the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Justice Project, was instrumental in helping to craft the | ||||||
13 | criminal justice reform bill that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into | ||||||
14 | law; he was especially involved in the provision eliminating | ||||||
15 | cash bail in the State; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell is a lifelong resident of Cook | ||||||
17 | County; he was raised in the West Pullman neighborhood of | ||||||
18 | Chicago and graduated from Morgan Park High School; he | ||||||
19 | received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the | ||||||
20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his Juris Doctor | ||||||
21 | from the DePaul University College of Law; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell has promised to serve as an | ||||||
2 | engine for progressive system change; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
5 | we congratulate Sharone Mitchell Jr. on being appointed Cook | ||||||
6 | County Public Defender and wish him the best in his new role; | ||||||
7 | and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to Sharone Mitchell as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
10 | esteem.
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