Posted on 05/01/2019 10:05:58 AM PDT by george76
Domestic violence victims face risk of being attacked again following Cook County reforms, a Tribune investigation found. (Full).
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Cook County judges have sharply lowered bonds for people accused of violent domestic attacks and prosecutors are dropping more of these cases, placing victims at risk as potentially dangerous suspects are released from custody.
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle implemented the new measures with the support of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx
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Reform is being pursued at the expense of the victims. They have been left out of the conversation,” said Amanda Pyron, executive director of the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network.
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In one instance, a man who set fire to his ex-girlfriend’s garage with a Molotov cocktail had been released on a no-cash bond at least six times as he returned to batter her.
In another, a man returned to beat his wife in front of their 3-year-old daughter after he was released from jail when a judge reduced his bond from a previous attack against her.
A third woman was attacked by her ex-boyfriend at least five times in 18 months, but he never spent more than 17 days at a time in jail until prosecutors finally charged him with a felony after he racked up five cases and probation violations.
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While domestic violence touches families of every race and income level, Chicago police reports of aggravated domestic battery are concentrated in lower-income communities that are predominantly African-American
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Since Foxx took office in January 2017, the state’s attorney’s office has stopped following the outcomes of misdemeanor domestic battery cases.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
One might be tempted to think that the utter destruction of the Cook County criminal justice system was a deliberate act.
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They need to buy a weapon and learn how to use it.
Should sit well with muzzies...
Well this really nothing new.
Domestic violence victims have been going back and forth with their abusers for ever.
The issue is the “sharply lowering of bonds” and refusing to prosecute. Justice in Chicago is making it easier for abusers to skate.
It was, VOTES. LOCK AND LOAD. Restraining orders are just a useless piece of paper.
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