Deciding which suspects stay locked up as they await trial and which do not is a growing controversy in Chicago – with alarming crime rates and repeat offenders fueling the debate.
– has been a controversial topic of late, with case after case of young offenders with violent criminal records being released.
“What do we do if we give him a chance and he goes out and hijacks a car?” Evans said. “Do we throw him away?”“No, we don’t give up on the kids,” Evans said. “We continue to try to help them.” Evans says for adult suspects, Cook County judges use a nine-point public safety assessment to determine who gets released, in addition to 36 other factors.
One of them, Evans said, is that “the State’s Attorney’s office has to file the petition before a judge can order somebody to remain in jail pretrial.”for how her office chooses to charge and treat offenders., saying violence prevention, reentry programs, and accountability must be considered – especially when it comes to young offenders.
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