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  • All Crime and No Punishment, from Chicago to Springfield

    04/11/2022 7:30:27 PM PDT · by jfd1776 · 8 replies
    Illinois Review ^ | April 11, AD 2022 | John F Di Leo
    On Saturday, April 9, the most recent session of the Illinois State Legislature finished up its business by passing a bunch of "anti-crime" measures. Note that the term "anti-crime" is in quotations. It has to be… because to the Democrat majority in Springfield, "anti-crime" measures exist to win votes on election day, not to make the streets safer. Think about it: if you really wanted to reduce crime, not just show “effort,” but to actually minimize the number of people who are robbed, raped, beaten or killed, what would you do? Well, you would do what everyone with that same...
  • Former Madigan chief of staff indicted in ComEd corruption probe

    05/27/2021 9:59:36 AM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 5 replies
    The Center Square ^ | May 26, 2021 | Greg Bishop
    Tim Mapes served for years under former House Speaker Michael Madigan as the clerk of the Illinois House and as Madigan’s chief of staff. Now, Mapes has been indicted on a charge of lying to a grand jury in a federal bribery probe connected to the longtime former speaker. Last summer, federal prosecutors revealed a deferred prosecution agreement ComEd entered into where the utility admitted to paying associates of Madigan in money and jobs in order to curry favor from the then-speaker. Com-Ed agreed to pay a $200 million fine and cooperate in the investigation. Madigan has not been charged...