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Chief Judge Defends Bail Reform Amid Chicago Crime Wave

Chief Judge Defends Bail Reform Amid Chicago Crime Wave
CHICAGO Following Chicago’s most violent weekend of the year, the chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County has defended his bail reform policy, saying it didn’t contribute to the city’s continued crime wave.
During the Fourth of July weekend between midnight on July 2 and the early morning of July 6 22 people were killed and 91 were injured. So far, the city has seen 380 homicides in 2021, slightly higher than the same period in 2020 the pandemic year that saw a sharp murder surge in Chicago and other U.S. cities. ....

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Backlog leaves hundreds in Cook County Jail for more than year

CHICAGO â More than 2,600 people have been in custody at the Cook County Jail or at home on electronic monitoring for more than a year as a massive backlog of felony cases has piled up at the Cook County Circuit Court.
The backlog is a direct result of restrictions that Chief Judge Timothy Evans put in place last year to limit the spread of Covid-19. Evans postponed all jury trials and scaled back most court operations. Even when court cases picked up again on Zoom, technical difficulties and some defendants lack of access to computers or internet delayed cases further, and some proceedings could only be done in person. ....

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Backlog leaves 100s in Cook County Jail for more than year

Backlog leaves 100s in Cook County Jail for more than year
CARLOS BALLESTEROS of Injustice Watch
Apr 30, 2021
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CHICAGO (AP) More than 2,600 people have been in custody at the Cook County Jail or at home on electronic monitoring for more than a year as a massive backlog of felony cases has piled up at the Cook County Circuit Court.
The backlog is a direct result of restrictions that Chief Judge Timothy Evans put in place last year to limit the spread of Covid-19. Evans postponed all jury trials and scaled back most court operations. Even when court cases picked up again on Zoom, technical difficulties and some defendants’ lack of access to computers or internet delayed cases further, and some proceedings could only be done in person. ....

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