Judges Ordered to Set Affordable Bonds for Defendants Who Pose No Danger

Chicago Tribune ^ | July 17, 2017 | Megan Crepeau

[PBRCat]

More catering to the criminal underclass by State's Attorney Foxx (who refuses to follow the state laws on prosecuting shoplifters).

Chicago cannot control violent crime, so the answer is to empty the jails and release all criminals including those who cannot make bail???

What will tomorrow's headlines be when a nonviolent criminal released from jail resorts to violence after being freed from custody?

[kaehurowing]

All those drug dealers back on the street again and again and again.

[jonno]

“...judges will be prohibited from setting a higher bond than felony defendants can afford to pay..”

I always thought the purpose of a bond was to motivate the person to return to court - or be out of a pile of money.

Now - with no skin in the game, why come back to play?

SJWs win again...

[Calvin Locke]

Rudy Giuliani showed that fixing broken windows benefits the community.

Setting high bail for felony charges, not to mention prosecuting shoplifters would have the same effects.

Foxx is encouraging more criminal behavior in a city drowning in it.

[bert]

There is skin in the new game........ black skin

[fella]

Thugs siting in cells don’t make tax dollars for the courthouse crowd.

[PBRCat]

Exactly right! Several police officers said that this policy will waste more time and money as defendants skip court dates and the police officers scheduled to testify will have to sit waiting for cases to be continued. Plus more warrants will have to be issued to haul the defendants back to court.

Kim Foxx is an absolute joke of a prosecutor.

[ozaukeemom]

My son was hit by a man without insurance and a suspended license. I asked one of the officers, later on, why he had not even received a citation for running a red light and driving without insurance or license. His response was that there was no point because he wouldn’t pay it anyway. This is similar. No incentive to change how they behave.

[Noamie]

$160 a day is three times the national average for County custody. I’d look at that first. Then use all that sweet forfeited bond money to pay some of the cost.