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Will crime likely go Up? Down? or remain the Same? here............
Editorial: More than 90 Cook County defendants accused of murder are out on electronic monitoring. What’s going on?
By The Editorial Board Chicago Tribune | May 21, 2021 at 2:25 P
An electronic monitoring device is placed on a detainee's ankle before release from the Cook County Jail in 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
There’s a list that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and top law enforcement officials in Cook County keep at their fingertips — the real-time numbers of defendants awaiting adjudication of their cases while out on electronic monitoring.
Electronic monitoring allows the chief judge of Cook County and the Cook County sheriff’s office to monitor the whereabouts of defendants through a GPS-style tracking device attached to the ankle. But as the number of defendants on the system has ballooned, and as the charges filed against them have grown more questionable, Sheriff Tom Dart has been sounding alarms.
“There’s a population on home monitoring that was never meant to be on it, including 92 or 93 who are charged with murder,” he told us. “I’ve been pleading with judges. These are violent people who are a danger to the community. We can’t keep doing this.”
Defendants on the electronic monitoring system as of May 17 include:
94 individuals charged with murder. Four years ago, that number was 31.
261 individuals charged as armed habitual criminals — meaning, at least two prior felony convictions. Four years ago, that number was 15.
534 individuals charged as felons in possession of a weapon. Four years ago, that number was 89.
569 individuals charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Four years ago, that number was 182.
33 individuals charged with vehicular hijacking. Four years ago, that number was 6.
53 individuals charged with domestic battery. Four years ago, that number was 13.
By The Editorial Board Chicago Tribune | May 21, 2021 at 2:25 P
An electronic monitoring device is placed on a detainee's ankle before release from the Cook County Jail in 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
There’s a list that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and top law enforcement officials in Cook County keep at their fingertips — the real-time numbers of defendants awaiting adjudication of their cases while out on electronic monitoring.
Electronic monitoring allows the chief judge of Cook County and the Cook County sheriff’s office to monitor the whereabouts of defendants through a GPS-style tracking device attached to the ankle. But as the number of defendants on the system has ballooned, and as the charges filed against them have grown more questionable, Sheriff Tom Dart has been sounding alarms.
“There’s a population on home monitoring that was never meant to be on it, including 92 or 93 who are charged with murder,” he told us. “I’ve been pleading with judges. These are violent people who are a danger to the community. We can’t keep doing this.”
Defendants on the electronic monitoring system as of May 17 include:
94 individuals charged with murder. Four years ago, that number was 31.
261 individuals charged as armed habitual criminals — meaning, at least two prior felony convictions. Four years ago, that number was 15.
534 individuals charged as felons in possession of a weapon. Four years ago, that number was 89.
569 individuals charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Four years ago, that number was 182.
33 individuals charged with vehicular hijacking. Four years ago, that number was 6.
53 individuals charged with domestic battery. Four years ago, that number was 13.
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