In January, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law that makes any individual who was under the age of 21 when sentenced to life in prison eligible for parole review after they served 40 years or more of their sentence. But the measure only applied to those sentenced on or after June 1, 2019. Senate Bill 2073, carried by Republican Sen. Seth Lewis, would extend the measure retroactively to apply to any currently incarcerated individual who was sentenced before turning 21.
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.
Not to worry. If a miscreant manages to get life before he’s 21. They are probably too stupid to survive 40 years in the joint.
An 18 yr old just killed a Chicago policeman, 40 yrs in prison is not enough. How about a rope and a tree?