Accused felons launched with out bail awaiting trial are committing extra violence in Prepare dinner County. It’s the ugly secret that Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Prepare dinner County States Lawyer Kim Foxx and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot don’t need to discuss. Up to now yr ore than 60 suspects awaiting trial launched by the system in Prepare dinner County have dedicated homicide, killings that would have been prevented had the suspects been incarcerated whereas awaiting trial.

By Ray Hanania

Hearken to those that are defending the Secure-T Act and ask your self, what are they saying?

Principally, their efforts to defend the Secure-T Act are to argue that “It’s not as dangerous as critics make it out to be.”

However the actual query is that this. What does the Secure-T Act do to make legislation abiding residents secure?

Nobody can reply that as a result of the Secure-T Act isn’t about defending legislation abiding residents. The whole focus of the Secure-T Act is to calm down rules which can be cumbersome on the judicial system, primarily in Prepare dinner County, and ease restrictions and punishments for criminals.

The problem of money bail is vital, however you possibly can’t simply settle for the argument of Secure-T Act proponents that the legislation permits poor individuals who can’t afford money bail who commit “minor crimes” to be launched with out having to out up any cash.

The Secure-T Act doesn’t say that people accused of minor crimes who can’t afford to publish money bail needs to be launched whereas awaiting trial with out posting money. The entire thought of money bail is to compel accused criminals to return to their courtroom hearings, and to forestall them from committing extra crimes.

The Secure-T Act says imposing Money Bail on ALL criminals is now not obligatory, and so they go away it as much as a Prepare dinner County decide to find out which criminals ought to publish bail and which shouldn’t.

Do you actually belief a decide in Prepare dinner County in a system corrupted by Prepare dinner County States Lawyer Kim Foxx to make that call? The place is the road between “minor crimes” and “main crimes.”

The Secure-T Act removes the money bail requirement for all suspects together with these charged with rape and homicide. It says a decide will resolve if the rape or homicide suspect could be launched with out posting money or different fairness to forestall them from failing to return to courtroom.

Now, one can argue that the phrases “minor crimes” and “main crimes” are disconcerting as a result of against the law is against the law.

Regulation abiding residents don’t commit any crimes. Foxx and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot need to argue that’s since you are “White” and make this challenge of crime based mostly purely on race. They argue that race, not legislation, determines an individual’s destiny. They’re pandering to their voter constituency base, to not you.

The legislation was written particularly by the Black Caucus to handle problems with considerations within the Black group. The critics of the legislation didn’t put a race colour to the legislation. The Black Caucus put that colour on the 800-page laws that was pushed via the Normal Meeting by Gov. J.B. Pritzker so as to strengthen voter turnout out amongst minority voters within the six county area.

It was launched in January 2021 with little fanfare, which is why we didn’t hear about it till solely not too long ago, greater than 18 months later. And legislators solely had hours to learn the 800 pages and vote to approve it.

Pritzker referred to as it the Secure-T Act as a result of he understands propaganda. Name a invoice to guard criminals the “Secure-T Act” and voters assume it’s about making legislation abiding residents “secure.”

Name it by its actual bureaucratic title, the Illinois Security, Accountability, Equity and Fairness-As we speak Act, and also you acknowledge that that is about serving to individuals accused of crimes.

Pause to contemplate that phrase for one second. “serving to individuals accused of crimes.”

The Rule of Regulation already helps people who find themselves accused of crimes. However apparently, the Rule of Regulation isn’t truthful. It discriminates towards individuals allegedly on the idea of race and colour?

There’s nothing “Secure” concerning the Secure-T Act. It’s purely written to make life simpler for criminals.

Darren Bailey is correct that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Secure-T Act must be repealed. It must be changed with laws that focuses as an alternative of reinforcing “security.”

Possibly new laws that makes the punishments for committing crimes harder, probably to discourage criminals?

Possibly laws that daunts, not encourages criminals?

Possibly one thing that strengthens protections for legislation abiding residents by placing the worry of God into the minds of arduous core criminals.

What we should always do is make it harder for criminals to be launched on bond. Had they carried out that in December, suspect Malik Perteet wouldn’t have been launched on money bail awaiting trial after being charged within the homicide of an 11-year-old little one.

Foxx refused police calls for that he be denied bail and he was launched on house monitoring.

So, Perteet went out and is accused of murdering a 17-year-old two months later.

Most main media didn’t report on Perteet’s rebound crime and when FOX TV reported it, it was ridiculed as fueling racism. Perteet is African American. And so the place his two victims.

In response to CWB Chicago, Perteet is the sixtieth particular person accused of killing, attempting to kill, or taking pictures somebody in Chicago this yr whereas awaiting trial for a felony. A complete of 92 victims are concerned in these crimes.

I wager I do know who Perteet goes to vote for on November 8.

Who’re you going to vote for?

(Ray Hanania is an award successful former Chicago Metropolis Corridor reporter. A political analyst and CEO of City Methods Group, Hanania’s opinion columns on mainstream points are printed within the Southwest Information Newspaper Group within the Des Plaines Valley Information, Southwest Information-Herald, The Regional Information, The Reporter Newspapers. His Center East columns are printed within the Arab Information. For extra data on Ray Hanania go to www.Hanania.com or electronic mail him at rghanania@gmail.com.)

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Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, writer & former Chicago Metropolis Corridor reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served throughout the Vietnam Struggle and the recipient of 4 SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland subjects for the Southwest Information-Herald, Des Plaines Valley Information, the Regional Information, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.  

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