New charges for man who lit woman on fire on CTA exposes range of gaps in justice system, experts say – CBS2 (Chicago)

The Cook County States Attorney did ask for detention after Lawrence Reed's August arrest for attacking a social worker. But they didn't know about the March sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman who was riding the Blue Line, just like Bethany McGee. Neither did the judge who then released Reed on electronic monitoring.

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