Posted on 05/21/2023 10:08:43 AM PDT by Salman
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At a ceremony Thursday, Burns, who has presided over the drug court for 13 years, did something new: He began the process to expunge the criminal records of all 10 participants.
In the past, his graduates had to apply for expungement, like anyone else — and then wait at least a year for their convictions to be stricken from the court record. But Burns persuaded Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans and Erica Reddick, presiding judge of the criminal courts, to give him special authority to speed the process.
“Sixty days from now, your records will be expunged,” Burns told the graduates to cheers and applause from family members and caseworkers who attended the ceremony in cavernous Courtroom 402, with its marble pilasters and dark-wood paneling.
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Yep. Risky business dealing drugs...but the money can’t be beat. Who wants to work for minimum wage? And in Cook County, no one seems to go to jail or stays there very long, so....Sounds like a criminals paradise to me.
Felons get their records expunged so they can get first the offender option one more time.
Drug court?
All the war on drugs did was to expand the size and scope of government in every direction. Drugs are still everywhere.
And they don’t give two sh*ts about people using drugs, they just want their money and assets. If they cared, our borders would have been secured 40+ years ago.
I’m sure this will end well
I used to think that way, but I can see what drugs and legalization of pot has done to many major cities like SF, Denver, Portland, Seattle, etc. and it’s not good. Hugely noticeable difference just in the last 10 years.
Fixed it.
I used to think that way
So you think the war on drugs has been a success? And if so, why the deterioration of the cities?
The money can’t be beat....
In my Cook County the money had to be spread across many middle men ... precinct captains, ward committeemen,judges, clerks of judges, ....
Not much was left for the criminal... I’m sure it has changed since I left.
I’m fully aware that the cities have turned into total 3rd world shitholes since the 60s. But i have taken many trips to places like SF and stayed downtown and there were no tent cities or masses of drugged out zombies, etc. 10 years ago. It has gotten much much worse in just a short amount of time and what has changed? Fentanyl, millions and millions of illegals roaming wild, and legalization/normalization of pot and other drugs. And the left has gone all in in brainwashing the public, that certainly plays a part.
What I think is if the majority of the people support something, then government needs to GTF out of the way. Period.
If our fellow Americans have drug issues, they should be offered help. If we can ROUTINELY send hundred of billions to foreign countries, we’ve go plenty to help our own people if the want help. Playing cops and robbers and putting people in cages who have drug problems is right out of medieval times in my opinion. It’s done nothing but increase the size and scope of government. The war on drugs failed many many years ago. Fail, just like most everything else those in government come up with.
Btw, do ya find it odd, Congress, the Senate, cops, mayors, judges, city council members, etc are not subject to random drug tests, yet the lowly employee stocking shelves somewhere is?
Both the track record of the war on Drugs and the trend of cities may not be causes but the result of other causes.
In 1960 birth control existed but was unreliable. Delayed gratification dominated. I came back from Viet Name in 1968 and brith control was everywhere. Immediate gratification dominated. Everybody was chanting “When do we want it, we want it now.”
1960 we were singing “We shall overcome SOMEDAY”.
Most trends since 1968 can be seen in the transition of culture from delayed to immediate gratification.
Bwt, Not only cops, judges, politicians, teachers etc not subjected to random drug tests, but those conducting the drug test are not subjected either. I find this quite odd.
RE: It has gotten much much worse in just a short amount of time
A 2024 Dem victory (by fair means or foul) will bring a rapid acceleration of decline.
It took decades to build a free country with economic opportunity for all citizens and it will take a brief time to destroy it all.
Of course you’re right.
How many stories in the crime news begin with “the man was convicted earlier but released after a legal suit for the mishandling of dna evidence by police in twenty one cases after his earlier conviction for...” or “the suspect was out on parole before brutally murdering the woman and her two children in their home.”
Too many.
users deserve treatment. Dealers need to be put away IMO. No argument from me that these endless wars are a tremendous waste of resources
Oh, good. I am so glad that they will not be allowed to buy firearms, and get professional licenses where people trust them because their skills and ethics have been vetted by the Government!
The biggest change is that various levels of government decided to tolerate it. It probably really started with the whole Occupy Wall Street thing. Once they let those clowns camp out for months it became kind of difficult to justify hassling actual homeless people. Then the homeless camps start being fairly permanent. And walla. Once you start allowing “urban camping” the slippery slope is engaged.
Important point, thanks for the reminder. The main reason why gangs have lasted so long and flourished in Chicago is because the politicians benefit from the interaction. One hand washes the other, while the citizens suffer. In a one party town like Chicago, democrat run since 1931, the only constant shout from the politicos to the fine people of Chicago....”Shut up and pay your taxes.” Chicagoans, you get what you vote for, over and over again, good and hard. Can’t say I feel sorry for you in the least.
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