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Hi! I’m Veronica, but you can call me Vero. I am an illustrator, muralist, courtroom artist, and currently the visual reporter for
@injusticewatch.org
where I make editorial content for their investigations. You can follow my work here and at
veromartinezart.com
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Injustice Watch
4 days ago
For 10 years, we’ve told human-centered stories about the local court system and held powerful institutions accountable. Join us for a fundraiser to fuel our next decade of public service journalism.
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Injustice Watch's 10th Birthday Party
We're throwing a fundraiser celebrating 10 years of impactful journalism. Join us for bowling, Chicago-style magic, cocktails and party food
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Kelly Garcia
7 days ago
“I don’t even think it’s close,” said Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Wadas during the 2.5 hour long criminal trial of a former youth jail employee accused of throwing a 15-year-old handcuffed boy to the ground, leaving him unconscious.
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Rare trial of Chicago juvenile jail guard ends in acquittal
A Cook County judge found Kevin Walker not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct in a 2023 incident involving a 15-year-old at the juvenile jail.
https://www.injusticewatch.org/juvenile-courts/youth-incarceration/2025/cook-county-juvenile-jail-guard-trial-not-guilty/
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Injustice Watch
7 days ago
NEW: On Friday, a judge found a former Cook County youth jail employee not guilty on charges related to an incident that left a boy unconscious. The verdict highlights the challenges of holding detention center staff accountable for alleged abuse, advocates say.
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Rare trial of Chicago juvenile jail guard ends in acquittal
A Cook County judge found Kevin Walker not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct in a 2023 incident involving a 15-year-old at the juvenile jail.
https://www.injusticewatch.org/juvenile-courts/youth-incarceration/2025/cook-county-juvenile-jail-guard-trial-not-guilty/
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Courtroom illustrations for
@injusticewatch.org
Shoutout to my mentor Lou Chukman for coming with. He said my sketches are VERY OK and you know what, coming from him, I’ll take it. 🤍 Read about this trial at
injusticewatch.org
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Injustice Watch
11 days ago
BREAKING: Former Cook County juvenile jail employee Kevin Walker was found not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct Friday after a short bench trial before Judge Kenneth Wadas. Story to come.
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Rob Mitchum
about 1 month ago
A fascinating new paper on what science prizes really reward, plus amazing art from
@veromartinezart.bsky.social
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Do Scientific Prizes Reward Innovation or Reputation?
Scientists who receive the Nobel Prize and other accolades do more-novel work both before and after winning, new research finds.
https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/do-scientific-prizes-reward-innovation-or-reputation#
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Injustice Watch
about 1 month ago
Read the full story here:
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Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent
State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...
https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/denying-innocence/2025/eileen-oneill-burke-conviction-integrity-unit-wrongful-convictions/
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Dan Hinkel
3 months ago
Today's
@injusticewatch.org
newsletter has an interview by
@msivit.bsky.social
with
@veromartinezart.bsky.social
about the inspirations and ideas behind her mural, the visual centerpiece of our office. Check it out!
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I can’t post more than one graphic so here’s another one for
@injusticewatch.org
latest investigation by Maya Dukmasova. How a rogue lab got people convicted for driving high See more at
injusticewatch.org
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#editorialillustrator
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#localjournalism
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3 months ago
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Motion graphics for @_injusticewatch ‘s latest investigation by Maya Dukmasova. How a rogue lab got people convicted for driving high See more at
injusticewatch.org
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#editorialillustrator
#gif
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#localjournalism
#digitalillustration
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3 months ago
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Chicago Reader
3 months ago
New Issue drop! On the cover: Fake science, faulty methods, misleading testimony. How a rogue laboratory got people wrongfully convicted for driving high by Maya Dukmasova and Injustice Watch. Get it in person tomorrow or read the PDF now!
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Chicago Reader Volume 54, Number 45
Chicago Reader print issue of August 14, 2025 (Volume 54, Number 45).
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Illustrations for
@injusticewatch.org
latest investigation by Maya Dukmasova. Fake science, faulty methods, misleading testimony. How a rogue laboratory got people convicted for driving high.
injusticewatch.org
#illustrations
#localjournalism
#digitalillustration
#chicagoart
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Maya Dukmasova
3 months ago
My latest investigation! A story about some wild things that happened at a UIC forensics lab and how inadequate crime lab oversight is in our state. In the course of reporting I: -filed 45+ FOIA requests -did 100+ interviews -reviewed 8000+ pages of records
www.injusticewatch.org/project/fore...
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Fake science, faulty methods, misleading testimony
How a rogue forensics lab in Chicago got people wrongfully convicted for driving high.
https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/forensic-failures/2025/uic-forensics-lab-cannabis-dui-scandal/
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Injustice Watch
6 months ago
NEW: Illinois’ property tax foreclosure process strips generational wealth from Cook County residents — disproportionately impacting Black senior homeowners. Read our latest investigation with
@raceandequityproject.org
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Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure
This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the Investigative Project on Race and EquityWhen Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home
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New illustration for
@injusticewatch.org
Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure By Carlos Ballesteros & Emeline Posner
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#editorialillustration
#digitalart
#chicagoartist
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6 months ago
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Michael Barajas
7 months ago
North Carolina’s last governor started considering clemency for people sentenced to life in prison as kids. Other juvenile lifers are now hoping the state's new governor believes in second chances. latest from Bolts, w/ amazing art by
@veromartinezart.bsky.social
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In North Carolina, Juvenile Lifers See a Pathway to Freedom - Bolts
After North Carolina's previous governor granted clemency to people sentenced to life in prison as minors, others with juvenile life sentences are hoping for a new administration that also believes in...
https://boltsmag.org/north-carolina-juvenile-life-sentences/
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Injustice Watch
8 months ago
Visual reporter Verónica Martinez has been hard at work on a mural in the main hallway of our new office. The design was inspired by a poem; any guesses which one?
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New illustration for
@bolts.bsky.social
Story by Piper French
#editorialillustration
#illustration
#digitalart
#chicagoartist
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The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
https://boltsmag.org/the-human-cost-of-jeff-landrys-drive-to-resume-executions/
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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Injustice Watch
8 months ago
How does eviction work in Cook County? Here’s what tenants need to know about navigating eviction proceedings. (Updated March 2025)
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How eviction works in Cook County
Facing eviction? New Cook County programs aim to help keep people in their homes. Here’s what you need to know about navigating eviction proceedings.
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Injustice Watch
8 months ago
Senior reporter
@writeralejandra.bsky.social
is a
@publicnarrative.bsky.social
2025 Studs Terkel Community Media Award winner 🎉
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Injustice Watch
8 months ago
Our hope is to mail a print copy of our investigation to everyone who has contacted the CIU and is still incarcerated. It will cost about $1.75 in printing and postage for each person we send the story to. Will you help us reach as many people as possible? Donate:
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Injustice Watch
8 months ago
Last week, we published an investigation about the Cook County conviction integrity unit. The people most affected by this issue are those who have contacted the CIU and are still incarcerated. We need your help to reach those readers.
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Hi! I’m Veronica, but you can call me Vero. I am an illustrator, muralist, courtroom artist, and currently the visual reporter for
@injusticewatch.org
where I make editorial content for their investigations. You can follow my work here and at
veromartinezart.com
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Here are my latest illustrations from
@injusticewatch.org
—————————————— Cook County’s conviction integrity unit repeatedly denied freedom to incarcerated people who were later cleared by Dan Hinkel Pub. 02.27.2025
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