Another Crooked DEI Judge

Many judicial careers need to come to an end - here's another one:

• When prosecutors ask a judge to detain someone during their first appearance on a new felony charge at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, the judge will side with prosecutors nearly 7 out of 10 times. That is, unless prosecutors are asking Judge D’Anthony Thedford.

  Thedford, who began hearing pretrial cases at 26th Street on February 5, sides with defendants more than half the time. And in recent weeks, he has sided with defendants nearly six out of 10 times, court records show.

  Appointed to the bench in 2024, Thedford started in the Traffic Division, but Cook County’s new Chief Judge, Charles Beach, reassigned him to the Pretrial Division in January, and Thedford began hearing cases on February 5.

Ah yes, another one of judge Bitch's Beach's completely qualified picks.

• The primary difference between Thedford and the other nine judges who actively hear cases in the 26th Street Pretrial Division is that Thedford is far more likely to release people facing firearms possession charges, even if they are convicted felons.

  Another difference: For most judges in the Pretrial Division, being accused of committing a violent crime on the CTA qualifies defendants for detention as a public safety threat. For Thedford, that line is not so clearly drawn.

CWB has a whole series of cases where he just lets people go on the 100% effective Electronic Monitoring program, even for repeat gun felons and especially for CTA crimes - almost like he wants the CTA to become completely unrideable. 

Hopefully, the CWB blog is keeping a list of incompetent judges and a couple of examples of their incompetence that we can help publicize closer to Election Day.