Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Holding Criminals Accountable?

This sounds like dangerous Republican thinking:

  • A bunch of “peace circle” facilitators may soon be looking for another line of work. That’s because Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen Burke has instructed prosecutors to stop diverting felony gun cases to the court’s “restorative justice” program, according to WTTW.

    The outlet says 82.8% of the restorative justice courts’ caseload consisted of gun possession matters.

    Defendants who complete a restorative justice program, which frequently involves participating in so-called “peace circles,” become eligible to have the matter scrubbed from records.

The CWB blog then cites a number of case where the "peace circle graduates" committed additional gun crimes within weeks, even days, of completing the non-punishment process.

If you want more of some behavior, reward it. In these cases, not being punished IS the reward and O'Neill-Burke seems to be recognizing that failed Crimesha policy was and continues to result in bad outcomes.

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13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Friend of a friend of a friend at a party was going on about her northshore friend who is a “restorative Justice” facilitator who also has a side gig doing “sage cleansing” and all sorts of assorted BS. People with those jobs never really need the money. It’s just a way for them to shed the white guilt they’re convinced they should have. Sort of like all the people who tell you they are Native American when they’re not.

2/19/2025 12:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How could that be. The Democrat organization helps gun offenders. Say it isn’t so. They want to ban everyone’s guns who are law abiding and set criminals free on them. The Democrat organization are the criminals.

2/19/2025 02:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Laws be racist....

2/19/2025 02:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“peace circle” facilitators (democrats) may soon be looking for another line of work...

Don't worry, they'll all find a better paying job with the state, county or city.

It's the Chicago way.

2/19/2025 02:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

...82.8% of the restorative justice courts’ caseload consisted of gun possession matters.

Western Springs democrat voter here...
Seems with a case load like that maybe more funding would have better results. We can try first you know.

2/19/2025 03:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Give credit where credit is due at least they graduated from somewhere to go nowhere.Now send their dumbasses to the slammer

2/19/2025 03:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good time to reintroduce....Midnight Basketball.

Get Jesse and Jesse jr. to roll it out..."saving lives"..

2/19/2025 03:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and how about a list of any dei involved with those "graduates" from the diversion program.... just want to make sure it's not just a certain group

2/19/2025 06:46:00 AM  
Blogger Jack Trumpblood said...

Follow the law. Forget about the losers.

2/19/2025 07:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Send them to that prison in El Salvador. lol, they’ll have their hands full!

2/19/2025 07:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lets get one thing straight, The DemoRatic Party never has and never will "HELP" anyone but themselves.

2/19/2025 08:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are "peace circles" and "restorative justice" programs required to have equal representation among the clients being "peaced" and "restored?"

2/19/2025 10:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Democrats went all out in an attempt to destroy our country. So far we have weathered the storm. Let’s hope the pendulum swings back to the side of law and order for society, and justice for those who were behind the evil plan.

2/19/2025 02:42:00 PM  

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