Criminal defense
From Chicago’s Clinics to National Reform: How Collaborative Nullification Is Rewriting Drug Sentencing
In a cramped courtroom on Chicago’s South Side, a 28-year-old mother waited while a judge read a mandatory-minimum sentence for a crack-possession charge. The gavel fell. Her shoulders slumped, and the courtroom fell silent. Across the hall, three community legal clinics exchanged a glance - they knew the law