"The majority of murder cases in Cook County take four years or longer to resolve, a length that would be unthinkable in other big-city jurisdictions...It can take years for prosecutors to track down and turn over relevant potential evidence, from police reports to forensics. Lawyers file requests that judges don’t rule on for months or years — sometimes because police officers simply do not show up in court, and sometimes for no clear reason at all. County doctors blow past deadlines to perform defendants’ mental health examinations. And as cases drag on, it becomes more likely that an attorney or judge will leave, and the newcomer will have to start almost from scratch."
This does not end well for the families who have to live in the Chitty.
Wonder why they are fleeing in the tens of thousands?
State _pension_millionaires
3 years ago
Il-Chicago politics always at or close too the bottom of every key measure. Why?
Chicago arrest rate of only 5%, and about half or so of all 911 calls are not answered? Why?
With huge property taxes, why does about 80% of property taxes go to public pensions, and not services?
So, the 5% arrest rate, then years to process in courts. Why?
Public unions displaying unparalleled power in Il-Chicago. Part of that is the crazy maga republicans (no viable alternative to opportunistic lefties), and a lot of it is just self-serving greed and lack of ethics and competency.
Zephyr Window
3 years ago
Speaking from a wealth of knowledge after dealing with the Cook County court system my humble opinion is that it is a failure, corrupt, and filled with political appointees as prosecutors and judges whose political affiliation is the only thing that counts and legal abilities are about the 4th item down the list of qualifications. A short story about a day in one of the Branch Courts which are located around the County. The court bailiff, as the day is about to begin, announces “Here ye, here ye, this Branch of the Circus Court of Cook County is now in… Read more »
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.
This does not end well for the families who have to live in the Chitty.
Wonder why they are fleeing in the tens of thousands?
Il-Chicago politics always at or close too the bottom of every key measure. Why?
Chicago arrest rate of only 5%, and about half or so of all 911 calls are not answered? Why?
With huge property taxes, why does about 80% of property taxes go to public pensions, and not services?
So, the 5% arrest rate, then years to process in courts. Why?
Public unions displaying unparalleled power in Il-Chicago. Part of that is the crazy maga republicans (no viable alternative to opportunistic lefties), and a lot of it is just self-serving greed and lack of ethics and competency.
Speaking from a wealth of knowledge after dealing with the Cook County court system my humble opinion is that it is a failure, corrupt, and filled with political appointees as prosecutors and judges whose political affiliation is the only thing that counts and legal abilities are about the 4th item down the list of qualifications. A short story about a day in one of the Branch Courts which are located around the County. The court bailiff, as the day is about to begin, announces “Here ye, here ye, this Branch of the Circus Court of Cook County is now in… Read more »
Justice delayed is justice denied.