DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin statement Tuesday could be read as a dig at Cook County, where the court system has been criticized for being too lenient for people accused of similar crimes: “For the third time in as many days, bond was denied for a defendant accused of committing a violent crime in DuPage County. These types of crimes are extremely serious and consequently those accused of such will experience the full force of the law from apprehension through prosecution.”
Good job, Dupage County! That’s the way to keep your citizens safe from the creeping Chicago crime wave.
Mary Juana
3 years ago
That tough justice in DuPage and other counties will disappear in January when the new restorative justice laws kick in. No more “no bail”, catch and release only. Prison system will be emptied, slap on the wrist only.
My belief is that prosecutors outside of cook county are going to seek the no bail option in cases where in the past they would have otherwise sought cash bail. The county jails will fill up pretty quickly as a deterrent to future criminals. No cash bail means no pretrial release for you, recidivist criminal scumbag. Who is going to enforce the “people arrested for crimes will be evaluated with a goal of releasing them with only enough pretrial conditions to ensure they make it to subsequent court appearances and don’t commit crimes while on release” standard, our next attorney… Read more »
Last edited 3 years ago by debtsor
Lion's Choice
3 years ago
Foxx needs to be disbarred for dereliction of duty
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Good job, Dupage County! That’s the way to keep your citizens safe from the creeping Chicago crime wave.
That tough justice in DuPage and other counties will disappear in January when the new restorative justice laws kick in. No more “no bail”, catch and release only. Prison system will be emptied, slap on the wrist only.
My belief is that prosecutors outside of cook county are going to seek the no bail option in cases where in the past they would have otherwise sought cash bail. The county jails will fill up pretty quickly as a deterrent to future criminals. No cash bail means no pretrial release for you, recidivist criminal scumbag. Who is going to enforce the “people arrested for crimes will be evaluated with a goal of releasing them with only enough pretrial conditions to ensure they make it to subsequent court appearances and don’t commit crimes while on release” standard, our next attorney… Read more »
Foxx needs to be disbarred for dereliction of duty