This judge must not be all there upstairs. A Chicago Judge has made the ruling that almost 100 potential murderers are going to be allowed to stay home on electronic monitors instead of being put behind bars and ensuring the public’s safety. But there’s more. He is doing the same for a large number of attempted murderers and those facing aggravated assault charges.
“Nearly 100 people charged with murder in Chicago’s Cook County have been allowed to stay out of jail under house arrest while awaiting trial, local news outlets WBBM and WGN reported.
Chicago officials point the finger at judges who have allowed violent criminals to enter into the pre-trial program.
“I’ve consistently said home monitoring is not a program for people charged with violent offenses,” Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, who oversees the program, said during a virtual discussion with other leaders.
Cook County has about 2,600 people free on electronic monitoring, of which 75- 80% have been charged with a violent offense, Dart says.
According to WGN-TV, the numbers from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office show the following.
- 90 people charged with murder are free on E.M.
- 40 people charged with attempted murder are free on E.M.
- 852 people charged with aggravated gun possession are free on E.M.
Klevontaye White, for example, was wanted by police over the summer after he escaped home electronic monitoring, CBS Chicago reported. He faced more than a dozen counts of aggravated sexual assault and was shot and killed by Chicago police amid an armed stand-off in July.
Mayor Lightfoot is actually opposed to this insanity but has been completely useless in stopping it. Proving, yet again, that she is not fit to run one of the nation’s most violent cities.
This stupid idea falls on Chief Judge Tim Evans who admittedly doesn’t know how many offenders are actually enrolled in the program. Lightfoot asked Evans last month to remove violent offenders from the program, but Evans rejected the plan.
“The mayor’s proposal seems to require that defendants facing certain allegations be considered guilty until proven innocent,” he said.”
Chicagoans better make sure they lock up at night and keep their wits about them. This just spells trouble. Evans is a nut. I get that people are innocent until proven guilty, but when they are being accused of violent crimes, they should be kept separate from the public until they are deemed safe. But I guess common sense is hard to come by in blues states.