Sylvia Snowden sits down with Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell to talk about things that may or may not happen in the upcoming year as it relates to cash bail in Illinois.
The son of a single black mother and an Ethiopian refugee father, he has committed his life to advocacy and public service. He is the first black person to serve the 7th District, the first openly gay member of the Illinois Senate and the third openly gay, black state senator in the nation. This weeks guest on In The Arena is Mike Simmons.