Friend, it's Sen. Peters.

Effective activism has always been intersectional to me. The bills I sponsor for accessible housing, livable wages, quality education, and criminal justice reform are at the benefit of the entire community, and they all go hand in hand.

Many of my bills end up tackling more than one issue at once, like the policy I'm pushing to reform our criminal justice system and protect our youth.

Friend, public safety and helping protect our community has been at the top of my priority list as a public servant, and I'm glad a bill like this can help us tackle two issues at once. I'd love to tell you more about it, but before you hear the rest: Can you chip in to support my re-election campaign so I can continue this activism in the next session? [link removed]

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Friend, Illinois has a painful legacy of being the wrongful conviction capital of the world.

Just as recently as 2022, police were able to coerce a confession from a 15-year-old at a Waukegan police station without a parent or attorney. The police charged him with a shooting that injured a dollar store clerk – when he was actually at a basketball game across town.

That's why I am pushing a policy that requires a lawyer for people under 18 during a police interrogation which applies to any public official’s questioning of a child in custody about any crime.

Friend, I'm doing everything I can to protect our children, make a fairer criminal justice system, and help to bring trust back into our government.

But laws like these get intense pushback from right-wingers. We've seen it happen before – so I need to have the support of the community behind me to continue making change possible. Friend, will you chip in toward my reelection campaign to show your support for more lifesaving legislation like this today?

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Thank you,
Sen. Robert Peters

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