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“Illinois is going farther than any other state in the country on this and it's quite a large experiment with quite a large state criminal justice system, but I think evidence from other jurisdictions is encouraging” Northern Illinois University law professor and former prosecutor Dan McConkie said.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
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Summary and audio linked here.
Man robbed suburban store 2 days after being released under the SAFE-T Act, prosecutors say
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/10/man-robbed-cicero-store-two-days-after-being-released-under-safet-act-prosecutors-chicago.html
The federal system abolished cash bail decades ago, so this isn’t exactly an experiment. The difference between the state system, and the federal system, is that the federal system detains 75% or more of anyone charged with a federal crime, whereas the state system presumably releases every petty criminal back onto the streets.
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