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Top Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx's office has dismissed more than 25,000 felony cases - including murders, shootings, sexual assaults and Jussie Smollett's 'hoax' attack
Daily Mail ^ | August 10, 2020 | Megan Sheets

Posted on 08/10/2020 12:30:48 PM PDT by rickmichaels

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has dismissed more than 25,000 felony cases - including many involving charges of murder and other serious crimes - in her first three years on the job, a new report shows.

Foxx gained notoriety last year when she dropped felony charges against Jussie Smollett, the Empire actor accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack on himself in January 2019.

The Chicago Tribune on Monday published an analysis of Foxx's overall record on dropping charges, revealing that she has done so at a rate that's 35 percent higher than her predecessor.

In the first three years after Foxx took over as Cook County's top prosecutor in 2016, her office dismissed all charges against 29.9 percent of felony defendants, the Tribune found.

By comparison, Foxx's predecessor Anita Alvarez dropped charges against just 19.4 percent of felony defendants over her last three years in office.

A total of 25,183 defendants had their felony charges dismissed under Foxx up until November 2019, compared with 18,694 under Alvarez during a similar period, the Tribune said.

Foxx took over as state's attorney in 2016 with a promise to bring criminal justice reform and to reduce the population of Cook County Jail.

The Democrat is now up for re-election in November after beating three challengers in a tight race that was one of the most expensive of its kind.

Foxx defended her case dismissal record in an interview with the Tribune prior to the publication of its analysis.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; chicago; chicagocrime; crime; feloniesdismissed; felonycharges; illinois; jussiesmollett; kimfoxx; lorilightfoot; tonipreckwinkle
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To: Diogenesis

Soros made his evil presence known by trying to influence the outcome of presidential elections, but Bush 43 stymied his plans temporarily.

He then turned his attentions towards electing down ballot candidates as local prosecutors and statewide candidates for Attorneys General and Secretaries of State. These officials could create much havoc and in many states, Secretaries of State control the election machinery.


21 posted on 08/10/2020 1:29:35 PM PDT by PBRCat
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22 posted on 08/10/2020 2:21:59 PM PDT by MacNaughton (IM)
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To: PBRCat

And don’t forget Country Recorders.....those who count the votes!


23 posted on 08/10/2020 4:54:22 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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We should try to convince Biden to pick Kim FoxX for his VP. She has all the requirements.....female, Black and corrupt.


24 posted on 08/10/2020 4:55:13 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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So.... then there’s no crime in Chicago. Good to know.


25 posted on 08/10/2020 4:57:21 PM PDT by Yaelle
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