Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform wgil.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wgil.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(Springfield-jm) – “Necessary changes” after the recent shakeup at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board include better domestic violence training, according to Governor J.B. Pritzker..
The Illinois Senate's minority leader proposed legislation Tuesday to overhaul the Democrat's Prisoner Review Board, after it released a convicted domestic abuser who then attacked a pregnant Chicago woman with a knife and fatally stabbed her 11-year-old son. Republican Leader John Curran criticized Gov. J.B. Pritzker and said he will introduce legislation that includes requirements for appointees to have 20 years’ criminal justice experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, probation officer or judge and that each member undergo annual training on domestic violence and sexual assault and the warning signs that precede repeat attacks. “For too long, these $100,000-a-year positions at the Prisoner Review Board have been given to political appointees who don’t have the requisite experience to make these life-and-death decisions,” Curran, who's from the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, told reporters in a teleconference.
Illinois Republicans Propose Overhaul for Gov. Pritzker's 'Anti-Victim' Parole Board After Stabbing usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.