Trials & Litigation

Courts in Chicago Struggle to Protect Domestic Violence Victims

By Martha Neil

Oct 10, 2008, 05:03 pm CST

Victims of domestic violence in Chicago have a special court at which they can seek help. But, suffering from staff shortages and a deluge of cases, it doesn't work as well as those who created it nearly 25 years ago hoped it would.

Fewer than 1 in 5 of the… full story