Low Bonds Endanger Victims?
- Cook County judges have sharply lowered bonds for people accused of violent domestic attacks and prosecutors are dropping more of these cases, placing victims at risk as potentially dangerous suspects are released from custody, a Tribune investigation has found.
The changes follow efforts by top county officials to reduce jail overcrowding and address long-standing racial inequities in bonds that can keep defendants in custody simply because they cannot pay. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle implemented the new measures with the support of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Chief Judge Timothy Evans.
Advocates for battered women applaud the intent of those reforms but say prosecutors and judges are now releasing suspects without fully considering the safety of domestic battery survivors.
Bail isn't based on race - it's based on the severity of the crime and the likelihood of the defendant sticking around for trial. And domestic victims are going at particularly higher risk for retaliation.
And not that anyone cares, but the Tribune is merely piggybacking on the CWB report from over a week ago regarding a shuffling of bond court judges:
And not that anyone cares, but the Tribune is merely piggybacking on the CWB report from over a week ago regarding a shuffling of bond court judges:
- Changes are coming to Cook County bond court, the daily spectacle at 26th and California where terms are established for the pre-trial release of newly-accused criminal defendants.
Three judges responsible for setting bail and release conditions are being transferred to new assignments. Two of their replacements have already begun “shadowing” the sitting judges to learn the ropes of the job.
The changes were made by Chief Judge Timothy Evans in a series of written orders dated April 8th and April 17th. CWBChicago received copies of the orders today.
CWB reminds readers that one particular judge being moved out of bond court was an early pioneer of low/no bail defendants, one of whom was let to bond on numerous violent felony and gun charges, and ended up murdering someone mere months later. But hey, as long as Dart's jail sits empty.....
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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I always tell Domestic Violence victims to get a CCL and a nice weapon for self defense!
This is the only way to have a chance to survive abuse and attacks!
Read up on the Chicago Carjacker incident on Ida Wells Parkway!
Pretextual and Capricious Emptying of Jails
In The Name of Justice = Stealing/Misappropriating
Taxpayer Treasure.
...You're welcome.
If I were a democrat I would say, “yup, hurts victims; not voters” if I were a democrap
They are looking at bail all wrong. People don’t stay in jail because they cannot pay - they get let out because they can pay! While under arrest and awaiting trial, being in jail is the normal state. Being out on bail is the exception.
Somebody is finally getting it???
Restorative justice in action. At all levels - state bail laws were changed, judges all on board, State’s Attorneys dumping cases left and right.
Voters demanded this. They got it.
They are looking at bail all wrong. People don’t stay in jail because they cannot pay - they get let out because they can pay! While under arrest and awaiting trial, being in jail is the normal state. Being out on bail is the exception.
Except true or not that be racist yo
Why the fuck did they tear down two divisions if they’re now worrying about overcrowding!? I call BS.
Keep your GUNS loaded and near,the revolution is about 2 start and the people with brains r
tired of putting up with the DEMO-RATS CRAP! WATCH the congress hearings , they r all full of shit!
More tumbleweeds than tan pajamas at 26 n cal for years now.
Spare the rod and lower the pain threshold for the crime.
My Little Book Of Crime Expenses...
Cash bail...
Attorney fees....
Clothes for court date...
Uber....
It is almost as if those in authority are hinting that they want these repeat offenders to get shot fucking deadbang.
The dice will come up snake eyes and the dead offenders will clutter the public way.
Is this what these cut them loose authorities' truly desire?
This excerpt says it all: "Advocates for battered women applaud the intent of those reforms but say prosecutors and judges are now releasing suspects without fully considering the safety of domestic battery survivors."
You can't fix stupid.
Too bad victims can't bring a lawsuit against the city, county and state.
So many people are under the impression the jails are overcrowded. The exact opposite is true. Cook County has fewer prisoners than ever. They've shut parts down because they were empty. Now the question remains, what are they spending their budget on?
they have to let them out, it makes it easier for them to vote
Libtards are the first to proclaim "innocent till proven guilty in a court of law". I have rich retired friends in Streeterville that have zero comprehension of the way these uncivilized non produxtive members of society behave; and what they are capable of. God help them when skull cap man comes after them while walking the dog, or out for a stroll. BTW, they and their neighbors vote a straight D ticket on election day and they consider the poleec to be the problem.
How many of the people who are complaining about Kim Foxx voted for her two years ago? Frankly, if someone voted for her, they are getting exactly the kind of incompetence that they asked for and they need to live with it. They're the fools that gave that fool a seat at the table.
Jails are luxury of a well-taxed State. Chain gangs and capital punishment work better and are cost efficient. The perp doesn't worry about next week, and in order to control 'him' the behavioral modifications need reflect that time preference. And armed populace, with a philosophy of string 'em up or let them go, worked well enough to build the frontier and ward off European and Mexican interventions. At what point is a return to tradition mandated?
(OT) this is funny farrakan banned from facebook lmao:
Louis Farrakhan banned from Facebook over policies on violence, hate
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/louis-farrakhan-facebook-ban-violence-hate-policy-instagram/
Hmm wasn't sergeant Drive-By somehow in with him and that is why sergeant drive-by never was referred for copa,or say U.S. attorney to file civil rights charges for shooting a challenged child? The more many think about this what kind of collusion was eddie involved in to let this guy go with a minor suspension? If it was no clout guy eddie would of hammered him,and notice how our dishonest,fake lying news media is not even talking about this travesty of justice. where is drunken dave savaini knocking at drive-bys door and at the office of John Lausch the U.S attorney demanding charges,and having the kid that was shot dress up and interview him about the pain?
So Preckwinkle and Foxx, along with Evan and Dart, have emptied the jails. The population has gone from 11,000 per day to 5,000 give or take a few hundred. They all claim that the daily cost per inmate is $140. Let's do the math.
6000x140x365=306,600,000
$306,600,000 has been returned to the taxpayers of Cook County!!! Hallelujah!!!! Hooray for P, F, D and E.
Oh wait, it hasn't been returned? Wait, they actually want to raise more of our taxes???!!!???
Huh???????? Is anyone asking where this money has gone?
Affordable bail, what a sham.
Disparities of people with jobs that are not on a crime committing merry-go-round paying USD vs. unemployed violent feral paying with mystery funds. Now you know why they upped the ante for how much in funds can be inventoried.
How about; If you can’t do the time - Don’t do the crime...(Don’t do it).
What a crock, it’s a ll about overcrowding.
Then there’s that “welcoming with open arms” bullshit with illegal migration.
Prickwrinkle was quick to demolish an entire building containing hundreds of secure cells.
Crooked Cook County and the wicked witches that run it.
- If Jiffy Lube has only 3 grease racks and a half dozen cars waiting, do they shut down and stop doing oil changes?
- Hospitals have hundreds of beds filled everyday, do they turn away the sick and infirmed ?
- CPS is babysitting 50 and more in uncontrollable raucous classrooms, do they turn away the fledglings?
- When Sterling Bay wanted to build dense residential colonies along the river and didn’t have or want to use their own money, did they pull out of the proposal?
The straight ticket taxpayers and the snowflakes need to wake up.
"Advocates for battered women applaud the intent of those reforms"
With friends like those, who needs enemies?
"Advocates for battered women applaud the intent of those reforms"
Like the weather, these pathetic people think that domestic violence is something that just happens.
That CC Jail is like a ghost mall with Dart preaching
on the evils of materialism
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