* Without a doubt, the local news media in Illinois has misrepresented the SAFE-T Act more than any other state law since I’ve been doing this. And I’ve been doing this for 36 years.
This NBC 5 story is just the latest case in point. It’s disrespectful not only to the facts and the viewers, but, in my opinion, to the killed and wounded police officers…
As more details emerge on the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer at a hospital, questions over the SAFE-T Act are coming again to the forefront. […]
There was an active warrant for Talley’s arrest after he missed a March court date according to the NBC 5 Investigates team, and he had been on electronic monitoring on charges of armed robbery and vehicular hijacking, according to Cook County officials.
His release from custody during that time is being questioned by numerous officials after he allegedly fatally shot 38-year-old CPD Officer John Bartholomew and critically wounded another officer in a shooting at Endeavor Swedish Hospital on Saturday.
Those critical of the release include Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who is weighing whether to run for mayor of Chicago.
“Officer Bartholomew would be alive today if this massively repeat offender of violent crime after violent crime were behind bars where he belonged,” she said. “No reasonable person breathing should think it’s okay to put an armed robber, carjacker on an electronic monitor and send them on their merry way.” […]
Chicago Ald. Anthony Napolitano called the SAFE-T Act “a failed system” in remarks on the shooting Monday.
“It’s a failed system. It’s an absolutely failed system,” he said.
Not a single person with actual knowledge of what is in the SAFE-T Act was quoted in that story. You’d think reporters would have learned by now that some rando alderman isn’t an expert on state law.
* Thankfully, WGN TV’s Ben Bradley debunked part of the misinformation that’s being spread…
I can tell you that the most recent carjacking, it involved a gun. The guy had a record. It was eligible for detention. He was originally detained, but then for a reason we don’t know, a Cook County judge ordered him released on electronic monitoring.
The statute tells us what crimes are eligible for detention. Here are just a few of them…
the defendant is charged with a forcible felony, which as used in this Section, means treason, first degree murder, second degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, robbery, burglary where there is use of force against another person, residential burglary, home invasion, vehicular invasion, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement, or any other felony which involves the threat of or infliction of great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement
Vehicular invasion…
A person commits vehicular invasion when he or she knowingly, by force and without lawful justification, enters or reaches into the interior of a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is occupied by another person or persons, with the intent to commit therein a theft or felony.
The accused was also charged in the past with armed robbery (three times), aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnaping. Those are all detainable offenses.
* Even CWBChicago gets it…
When accused cop killer Alphonso Talley vanished from Cook County’s electronic monitoring system for more than 17 hours last month, then disappeared entirely after letting his ankle bracelet battery run dead, a series of safeguards were supposed to kick in.
A judge was supposed to be notified within 24 hours. A warrant, once issued, was supposed to be fast-tracked for service. A seven-time convicted felon already on pretrial release for armed carjacking and armed robbery was on the loose, and authorities were supposed to round him up.
That didn’t happen.
Those safeguards were the centerpiece of a high-profile push by Chief Judge Charles Beach, who made overhauling the county’s troubled electronic monitoring programs the very first move he announced publicly after taking office on December 1.
Electronic monitoring is not part of the SAFE-T Act. That’s a local thing.
* Partial excerpt from an Illinois Network For Pretrial Justice statement…
The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice sends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew. We continue to keep the injured police officer in our thoughts and hope for his recovery. No family should experience the pain caused by these senseless acts of violence, and our hearts go out to everyone impacted here.
Unfortunately, as we have seen time and time again since the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act, cynical individuals are once again attempting to turn the pain of others into their own political gain. What is clear from publicly-available information is that there was absolutely nothing in the law that prohibited the detention of Alphanso Talley while he was awaiting trial. Any statement to the contrary is manifestly false.
No pretrial system can prevent every single tragedy, but it’s clear that Illinois has the tools in place to respond to concerns about public safety. The reality is that the new system—which gives judges more time and information to make release and detention decisions—is far better than the one that allowed the size of someone’s bank account to be the primary factor deciding who was released and who was jailed while awaiting trial. […]
The insistence by some to blame every act of violence on the Pretrial Fairness Act is not only a callous capitalization on someone else’s suffering, it is also a distraction from honest efforts to improve community safety. Decades of research documented the injustice of the money bond system and the ways in which it failed to keep our communities safe and increased the likelihood that people would be arrested again in the future.
* With that in mind…
House Republicans Demand Accountability Following Tragic Murder of Police Officer
Springfield, IL – According to the Chicago Police Department, Alphanso Talley has now been charged in the heinous murder of a Chicago police officer and the attempted murder of another officer, along with a long list of additional felony charges.
At the time of this horrific attack, Talley was wanted on three warrants, was on parole in two separate cases, and had a lengthy criminal history dating back to 2017.
Yet earlier this year, Governor JB Pritzker and Speaker Chris Welch praised the SAFE-T Act as sound and effective policy. Now Illinois families are left asking how a repeat violent offender with this record was free to take a police officer’s life and leave another in critical condition.
Talley’s reported criminal history includes:
• Charges dating back to 2017 include carjacking, kidnapping, and armed robbery
• A 2021 arrest for being a felon on parole in possession of a weapon
• 2023 charges for several crimes including unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing
• A 2024 charge for battering correctional officers while in custody at Cook County Jail
• A 2025 arrest connected to a violent carjacking in Bronzeville
Governor Pritzker, Speaker Welch, and House Democrats owe the people of Illinois answers and accountability for how a repeat offender like this was free to be on our streets and allegedly commit such a heinous and tragic crime.
House Republicans have introduced more than 40 bills to fix flaws in the SAFE-T Act, strengthen accountability, and restore balance to Illinois’ criminal justice system. Those reforms have been repeatedly ignored.
How can Democrats continue to stand by a policy that keeps failing after tragedies like this? A Chicago police officer is dead and another remains in critical condition. What more will it take for Democrats to get serious about fixing the SAFE-T Act?
House Republicans continue to mourn the fallen officer, pray for the recovery of the wounded officer, and stand with their families and the men and women of the Chicago Police Department. Our brave law enforcement officers deserve policies that protect them.
Also, that 2025 carjacking arrest happened during Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s tenure.
- Alton Sinkhole - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 8:49 am:
It’s been really sad to see Mendoza leading the charge on this. She, and her team, are better than this.
- Casper The Ghost Bus - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 8:49 am:
But all these facts get in the way of a really easy news story.
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 8:49 am:
Thank you for consistently reporting the facts about this law.
- Its the judges - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 8:59 am:
And it has always been the judges.
- P. - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:08 am:
Remarkable how Tom Dart has skated on this issue or been otherwise missing in these conversations. Whether or not any blame should be assessed the most prominent place I’ve seen in the last year was on the primary ballot.
- DS - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:10 am:
Sheriff Dart and SA Burke have been sounding the alarm on the judiciary’s inability to safely manage its EHM program to protect public safety.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:31 am:
=And it has always been the judges.=
I assume you are mainly talking about monitoring, if not I apologize for the assumption. They also have a responsibility with the detention aspect obviously and to your comment I would add SA’s as well.
For the ILGOP- I will use two of their faves as a response…
It is not the right time to discuss these concerns. And…
I offer my thoughts and prayers.
- Google is Your Friend - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:37 am:
==- Alton Sinkhole - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 8:49 am:==
She does this repeatedly. She is not better than this. This is who she is at her core. A reactionary.
- RNUG - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:40 am:
Time to change Absolute Judicial Immunity to Qualified Immunity.
- Stix Hix - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:47 am:
I have had numerous conversations with opponents of the SAFE-T act. Each time I succeeded in explaining what it really is. Typical responses were along the line of “I didn’t know that”, or “I never thought about that”.
- Iron Duke - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:47 am:
Judge Lyke acknowledged at the hearing last December the suspected cop killer would have faced $1 million dollar bail under the state’s old cash bail system.
“Our esteemed legislature says no, we are not going to do that anymore- we are going to take a critical look at it.”
Seems like an easy fix for the legislature to safeguard the public from soft on crime judges, who are unable to detain violent repeat offenders.
Mandatory minimum sentences for repeat violent offenders, especially those who violate their the terms of their electronic monitoring.
The States Attorney rigorously objected to the release on electronic monitoring, so they are not to blame for the lack of detention in this case.
The Governor has said he was open to changes in the law after the tragic case of the offender on electronic monitoring who set the girl on fire on the blue line but we have seen no proposals.
- NIU Grad - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:49 am:
“She, and her team, are better than this.”
They’re really not. She’s learned the same lesson that local TV has learned: Using the SAFE-T Act as a punching bag is a fast way to get clicks and engagement online. She also has spent the last few years with conservative Democrats in Chicago and living in that echo chamber. This is who she is.
- Tammy - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:54 am:
It would be nice if some scrutiny was directed where it actually belongs: toward the judges making these decision. They decide which violent offenders are locked up — both pre-trial and post conviction.
In Cook County, the judiciary made a policy decision *before* the SAFE-T Act passed to release more and more defendants charged with violent crimes to electronic monitoring — that’s one of the problems in this case.
Obviously, there is some need for judges to be sheltered from political pressure, but that leeway should not be absolute. Judges make mistakes. There decisions should be subject to a modicum of public scrutiny. They make well over 200k a year for what is essentially a lifetime appointment (Cook County judges have more than a 99 percent retention rate because 60 of them appear on the ballot at the same time, so voters can’t see the forest through the trees.)
I suppose it’s just easier for the media to regurgitate political talking points than do a deep dive on this.
- Iron Duke - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 9:59 am:
We have COPA- Civilan Office of Police Accountability but no similar watchdog for Judges.
Voters can only choose not to retain them- which hardly ever happens.
In 2024, all 77 Cook County Judges up for retention for their 6 year terms, won another term in office.
- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:05 am:
yeah, it’s not the fault of THIS State’s Attorney. the judges need to keep more offenders in. but the attitude is we need to keep the poor guys out, we have a crowded jail, there are too many of these people in jail. how to get those people who commit crime after crime automatically detained would be my wish. the crying that the law is not the problem is kinda sad in the face of the death of an officer.
- Chicagonk - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:12 am:
The judge in this case clearly made a bad error in judgment, but this also shows the issues with electronic monitoring currently. Neither the judges nor the sheriff want to take responsibility, but someone has to enforce violations.
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:15 am:
“police should only be arresting people who are not dangerous” is a very strange place to start the analysis of what happened here.
- Homebody - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:23 am:
Americans in general (the American right much more so, but plenty of moderates dems as well) are more than happy to lock people up without due process on any sort of allegation, and treat suspects as out of sight and out of mind. You can see it with how much we tolerate the deplorable conditions of our correctional institutions, how long we are willing to let people sit in jail without trials, etc.
- Occasionally Moderated - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:27 am:
Yes, this one is on the judge.
I find it incredulous that a $1,000,000 bond would have been set in this case in the absence of the current procedure. Everyone knows that is a sure detention, that guy isn’t coming up with $100k.
Judges do what judges want to do. They find a way. There is no shortage of creativity when it comes to doing what they want to do. And yet this judge blamed it on the act.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:32 am:
=who are unable to detain violent repeat offenders.=
As judges, they alone are able to detain those brought before the bench. It seems strange that you think otherwise. Maybe unwilling, but not unable.
=Seems like an easy fix for the legislature to safeguard the public =
Maybe I am reading your comment wrong, but it sounds like you are suggesting the legislature bring back bail. Is that correct? Exactly how would bail, even high bail, protect the citizens from some of these people? The same judges that can simply detain them are unlikely to make the move with bail, even given your singular example.
Cook County has obviously issues with their monitoring system, I don’t think defendants accused of violent crimes should be released on electronic monitoring, especially those with previous convictions of the same nature. I do agree with the suggestion that repeat offenders (not talking about one or two minor offenses, but those that are recidivists) should also qualify for pre-trial detention. Might be harsh, but sometimes enough is enough.
- Pundent - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:40 am:
=the crying that the law is not the problem is kinda sad in the face of the death of an officer.=
Sad but true. And it’s a far better response than misrepresenting and exploiting the law purely for political purposes.
- Katie - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:44 am:
Spending 12 hours a day on cop Facebook worked so well for Paul Vallas, I can see why Mendoza would want to adopt the same conditioning routine
- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:52 am:
Judge Lyke referencing the SAFE-T Act. wow.
- Illiana - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:55 am:
I know there have been some that have suggested shifting the burden of proof for pretrial release from the SA proving they are a threat to the defendant proving they aren’t a threat. I believe legal scholars have said that unconstitutional, which is probably true. But is there a way to ensure judges have to hold people like this suspect that is constitutional? To me, a lot of these recent cases are more on the judge than the SAFE-T Act, so is there a reasonable way to fix that? That’s what I would like officials to work on, if it’s possible.
- james - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 10:58 am:
In politics, when you are explaining, you are losing.
- H-W - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:02 am:
@ Iron Duke
Your own words prove you false.
=== Judge Lyke acknowledged at the hearing last December the suspected cop killer would have faced $1 million dollar bail ===
That alone should tell you that the Judge acknowledges that the accused was a serious threat and should have been held without bond. A million dollars is the equivalence of being held without bond. But the Judge did not do his/her duty. The Judge failed the citizenry, not some “law” that the Judge refused to impose.
=== soft on crime judges, who are unable to detain violent repeat offenders ===
Define unable, and show us where the SAFE-T Act law states that a Judge cannot detain a person accused of having committed a crime that would have justified a million dollar bail.
You need to stop, breathe, and rethink how you present yourself on this issue. You are politicizing a tragedy by presenting false information. That in itself is exactly the callousness that this post speaks toward.
- Leslie K - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:06 am:
I’ve been a supporter of Mendoza in the past, but just can’t do it anymore. Jumping to political talking points at this time is bad enough (although I get it), but this constant misrepresentation of the SAFE-T Act is not helping anyone. From what we know at this point, judicial use of EM as a substitute for detention of dangerous persons (rather than just flight risks) and disarray in the current EM process (no mechanisms for active follow-up on violations, etc) seem to be key issues. Let’s focus on fixing what is actually broken.
I would have hoped for a little more respect for the murdered and injured officers at this point. (I know, probably foolish on my part.)
- Garfield Ridge Guy - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:16 am:
If folks who critique the “Safe-T Act” with “the SAFE-T Act and similar initiatives promulgated by criminal-justice activists and judges that promote freedom of movement for people accused but not convicted of crimes,” would that resolve most of the confusion? If so, can we just agree that people critiquing the SAFE-T Act mean that longer phrase?
- Tammy - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:19 am:
@Chicagonk
You’re not wrong, but I think the problem starts with using EM as a release mechanism for people charged with violent crimes. It should revert back to being a program for nonviolent offenders, as it was for years.
- Norseman - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:21 am:
Shame on Mendoza for pandering. It would be nice if our elected officials would focus on educating folks on the facts and consequences than play to their ignorance and bigotry. Alas, we don’t live in that world.
- Mom Jeans - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:21 am:
Napolitano, not a rando. A former cop, he may also make a run for the 5th flr.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:22 am:
===In politics, when you are explaining, you are losing. ===
Such grand insight. This isn’t a campaign story. Go climb back under your rock.
- DuPage Saint - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:24 am:
A person with 3 or more felony convictions should not be eligible for release in any new charges. And I would say if released a person with 3 or more prior felony convictions should not get a day for a day while on EM. I believe in second chances or even 3rd but after that no
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:29 am:
===Napolitano, not a rando===
lol
Yeah, he’s got those big brains.
- Leslie K - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:32 am:
==Napolitano, not a rando. A former cop, ==
Very good point. And I would argue that this means he of all people should be showing more respect for the truth and the fallen and injured at this time.
- Leslie K - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:34 am:
==Yeah, he’s got those big brains.==
Not my blog, so not my place–but so glad you said it, Rich.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:38 am:
===it’s not the fault of THIS State’s Attorney===
Last I checked, Kim Foxx left office in 2024.
- Juvenal - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:40 am:
The Judge should resign or be “reassigned.”
From the court record:
***Lyke said he had seen Talley in court since at least 2023 and believed he had matured.
“This court has had an opportunity to watch him. I have seen attitude adjustments,” Lyke said. “He came in this court in 2023 extremely angry. Mad at the world, for the most part.”
“from a physiological standpoint, his brain wasn’t fully developed.” He added that Talley had used his eight months in custody constructively and that fatherhood could be life-changing.
“It appears his mind is finally developing and he may be on the path to making better decisions,” Lyke said.
“When children are born, that tends to change a lot of folks and make accountability and your decisions a little bit more poignant and a little more real because you have a little human being relying on you to take care of them.”***
Judges are not psychologists, social workers, or fortune tellers.
You issue rulings based on the facts presented by both sides and the law,
His brain probably was not fully developed but the law says he is an adult and responsible for his actions.
What can you say about Mendoza except that her brother is a cop, she has a lot of cop friends, and secondary trauma is very real, and it can be chronic.
Police are of the attitude that everyone they arrest should be in jail, they do not make arrests unless they think a crime was committed.
Every time someone is released pre-trial, charges are dropped, or someone is found not guilty by a judge or jury, it is a chance for them to be offended and think the system is broken.
Where was this energy from Mendoza when LaQuan McDonald was murdered?
- Juvenal - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:49 am:
Re Napolitano, again: Cops bring a perspective, not necessarily expertise.
The judge screwed up. Judges are human. They make mistakes.
Was this a mistake? Or did the judge release Talley to make a wrongheaded political point?
Look I can appreciate that judges are frustrated that they now have to make decisions that they are accountable for. Before you could set bail at $1M and you were not saying the guy could NOT be with his baby daughter, but also if he could not come up with $100K that was not your fault.
Now judges are responsible.
I would say to Mendoza and the police that if you keep allowing judges to escape accountability by blaming the SAFE-T act instead of the judge, you are gonna keep having judges make decisions like this one.
Thank you CWB for sharing the details.
- Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:56 am:
The State sought Talley’s detention in December. Judge Lyke denied their motion. Judge Lyke made some pretty curious comments in his ruling. It is not anyone’s fault except Talley’s what happened. No one can predict whether someone is going to reoffend. But Judge Lyke owes the public his honest and genuine assessment of the law and facts. A lot of his comment at that December ruling seem like trolling and double-speak.
- AlabamaShake - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 11:56 am:
**It’s been really sad to see Mendoza leading the charge on this. She, and her team, are better than this.**
Folks surprised about Mendoza’s positioning on this haven’t paid attention at all to Mendoza’s career.
She’s ALWAYS been this.
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:00 pm:
Again: the man was taken into custody and was under the full control of CPD.
It seems like a stretch to be grasping around for reformers and pretrial release policies to blame for what occurred after a man was in custody.
- Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:07 pm:
===the man was taken into custody and was under the full control of CPD.===
So, it’s the officer’s fault he was shot? Physician, heal thyself.
- Leslie K - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:16 pm:
Stephanie @12pm–As I learned in law school (although it should be common sense), it depends on how wide you draw the cricle of responsibility and decision making. Is the issue only that he had his finger on the trigger of a gun at the hospital? Or is the issue that he was released from custody for a previous violent crime when he could have been detained and therefore would not have had his finger on the trigger of a gun at the hospital? Or any stage of intervention and decisions in between.
There are many layers here. But one, albeit maybe not the immediately proximate cause, is that he was free on the street and roaming and injuring people at all and had brutally beaten an elderly clerk earlier in the morning.
- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:22 pm:
This state’s attorney asked for detention. and does so repeatedly. the judges…fueled by the there are too many people in detention industry…could detain, but they often do not.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:24 pm:
=== and does so repeatedly===
Does so constantly to the point where judges complain there’s no nuance at all and gives them no real guidance.
- Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:31 pm:
===He was originally detained, but then for a reason we don’t know, a Cook County judge ordered him released on electronic monitoring.===
IF the GOP was serious about governance, there are things they could do. Their usual response(s) indicate they aren’t serious.
- Think Again - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:46 pm:
=IF the GOP was serious about governance, there are things they could do=
Interesting deflection - you expect the party that is in the super minority to effect change against the full force of the Dem’s total control of the legislative process, down to the rules and which bills get called. Got it
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:52 pm:
==So, it’s the officer’s fault he was shot?==
I am not one of the people assigning fault for a tragic shooting to various system actors and policies.
It does seem to be CPD’s fault that a man fully in their custody was armed (not for the first time). If a doctor had been killed instead, I think there would be quite a bit more attention to that part of the story.
But that is uncomfortable and political gamesmanship is fun, so instead there is a lot of noise about various other issues that get people worked up, regardless of underlying facts or relevance.
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 12:55 pm:
Amalia, you seem to have such clarity about how many people should be in Cook County Jail. What’s the number you think is correct?
- Iron Duke - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 1:54 pm:
Why don’t you wait for a full investigation to be released for how Talley acquired the gun, after he was wanded in the hospital, before assigning blame to the two police officers- who paid the ultimate price serving and protecting Chicago?
- Dotnonymous x - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 2:08 pm:
As of 2026, the United States has the highest total number of incarcerated individuals globally, with approximately 1.8 million people in prison or jail.
Why?
- Juvenal - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 2:51 pm:
=== Why don’t you wait for a full investigation to be released for how Talley acquired the gun ===
Because we’re still waiting for a full investigation of how Krystal Rivera was shot in her back by her partner, whom she’d just broken up with, and who failed to immediately render aid.
We had to create an independent, citizen-led office of police accountability because Internal Affairs is rife with corruption.
Multiple officers lied about Laquan McDonald’s shooting, or have we forgotten?
- Think Again - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 3:44 pm:
=It does seem to be CPD’s fault that a man fully in their custody was armed=
Not to worry, the FAIR Act, which was signed into law last year, will ensure that the alleged shooter Alphanso Talley, will get competent counsel
- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 4:21 pm:
@Stephanie Kollman, why don’t you start thinking about the number of victims?
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 4:23 pm:
He is accused of killing at least one police officer in Cook County. CPD, no less. Competent counsel is the least of his trial concerns.
- Stephanie Kollmann - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 4:33 pm:
==- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 4:21 pm:
@Stephanie Kollman, why don’t you start thinking about the number of victims? ==
I forgive you for making assumptions about my thoughts, Amalia. But FYI, not all members of the lock-em-up industry deflect and disparage when asked to provide specifics about the policies they demand.
- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 4:48 pm:
@Stephanie Kollman, I forgive you for making the assumption that I am a member of the lock-em-up industry. and forgive you for calling those of us who care about making sure dangerous people are kept inside lock-em-up people. perhaps you should look at the other side and see how often the ask is for someone to be left out in the face of facts that suggest otherwise.
- Excitable Boy - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 4:59 pm:
- perhaps you should look at the other side and see how often the ask is for someone to be left out in the face of facts that suggest otherwise. -
Who are you talking about? The fact is a judge made the decision to release, the offender was arrested again, and somehow he managed to conceal a weapon and apparently commit a murder while in custody. If he’d been released on cash bail would you still blame criminal justice advocates?
- Leslie K - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 5:08 pm:
Amalia–TY
- anon - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 5:43 pm:
How is a seven-time convicted felon (if that is correct) even out of prison in the first place?
- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 28, 26 @ 5:57 pm:
@Leslie K, aw, thank you. you have great comments.