SIU Poll: Most Illinoisans Say Criminal Justice System Is Biased

Most people in Illinois say the state's criminal justice system is biased, but not folks downstate. A new poll from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute says 55 percent of people asked, say that the criminal justice system is biased against black people. The polls says 63 percent of people in and around Chicago saw a bias, but that fell to 42 percent when pollsters spoke with folks south of I-80. The poll also showed a racial and political split, with Democrats and minorities seeing more bias than Republicans and white voters.