Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s complicated relationship with the Pretrial Fairness Act

Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s complicated relationship with the Pretrial Fairness Act

On a Wednesday in mid-March, Janica Barnes sat in the gallery of room 102 at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse and waited for a judge to decide what would happen to her son, 22-year-old James Jones. He was accused of illegally possessing firearms while on parole for a prior firearm possession case, and a prosecutor with […] The post Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s complicated relationship with the Pretrial Fairness Act appeare…

Bob Milan: Safety Act Amendments Urgently Needed, State’s Attorney Not Using Available Tools to Fight Dangerous Pre-Trial Releases

The death of Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew and the critical wounding of his partner, combined with the confirmation hearing controversy over a proposed appointee to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, provided the backdrop for a conversation with Bob Milan, former first assistant state’s attorney for Cook County and former assistant US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, about the systemic failures enabling violen…

Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s complicated relationship with the Pretrial Fairness Act | Illinois State Bar Association

Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s complicated relationship with the Pretrial Fairness ActIllinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s rising again. Source: Chicago Reader