This is a Criminal Defense question, not a Civil Rights question. With absolutely no punctuation, I have difficulty following your fact pattern....

Illinois has a very detailed law and rules for this. You will need your own lawyer (not share one with the bio-Mom). The Good News is there are...

What the State's Attorney said at Sentencing is of no moment. Under Truth in Sentencing, the Defendant was told of the possible credit for time...

Without knowing whether he's charged federally or by the State and the EXACT section number under which he was charged, none of us can answer that...

Impossible to answer with the facts given. You don't say what your offense was and you don't say what failed you. You don't have to have drugs in...

Assuming this was "first appearance with counsel," and you haven't been convicted of anything, your attendance was mandatory because you had to be...

I truly hate it that you have had to go through this. The first step is obtaining your hospital records and your medical records from that...

Your attorney would be the best one to set goals for your outcome. The probably ten years ago, this would have been more digestible than right now...

I get one or two of these a month. This is almost certainly a scam. Different lawyers give different advice on this stuff. It is better to see a...

Very Slight in most counties. To some extent, it depends upon the skill of your lawyer and the gravity of the offense. There are other ways to...