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Judge James Murphy denied the state’s detention petition last year and placed William Holt, 20, on electronic monitoring. But Holt failed to appear in court July 1 and July 7, according to court records. On August 13, a court officer informed Judge James Obbish that Holt had not reported to a court officer in over two months. Holt eventually started showing up again, and he resumed wearing the ankle monitor.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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
May 6, 2026
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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
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Robbing and beating an illegal immigrant? No wonder ‘Come On’ Eileen O’Neill Burke is so incensed!
Oh…wait…it wasn’t ICE. Just another thug set free by Tom “More little kids, Jeff!” Pritzker’s brother’s criminal coddling and a Judge who should now share a cell with the creature he unleashed on law abiding Chicagoans.
Only by making judges personally responsible for their idiocy will these morons stop letting the monsters loose.
We don’t understand….ya see, It’s all part of the rehabilitation plan…Its called “the baby steps plan”…before this, he might have killed the victim, but now… All part of Pinheads plan.
Maybe try a double secret ankle monitor?
Victims of Cristian’s their families should be able to sue judges for letting criminals out.
The stench of Foxx and Evans will always permeate the Illinois justice system