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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Sharone Mitchell Jr. on
4being appointed Cook County Public Defender; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell, prior to becoming the Cook
6County Public Defender, served as Director of the Illinois
7Justice Project (April 2014-July 2016), as a Criminal Defense
8Attorney with the Cook County Public Defender's Office
9(February 2010-July 2016), and as a Criminal Defense Legal
10Intern with Cabrini-Green Legal Aid (2007- 2009); and
 
11    WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell, as Director of the Illinois
12Justice Project, was instrumental in helping to craft the
13criminal justice reform bill that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into
14law; he was especially involved in the provision eliminating
15cash bail in the State; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell is a lifelong resident of Cook
17County; he was raised in the West Pullman neighborhood of
18Chicago and graduated from Morgan Park High School; he
19received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the
20University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his Juris Doctor
21from the DePaul University College of Law; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Sharone Mitchell has promised to serve as an
2engine for progressive system change; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we congratulate Sharone Mitchell Jr. on being appointed Cook
6County Public Defender and wish him the best in his new role;
7and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to Sharone Mitchell as a symbol of our respect and
10esteem.