Like many politicians and government agencies, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is feeling the heat as Chicagoans grow increasingly weary of violent crime and stories about lax prosecution.
The office, headed by Kim Foxx, is fighting back with a new talking point in which it claims that prosecutors approve 86% of felony cases that Chicago police bring in for review. It’s unclear if that means the office approves the charges sought by police or if the 86% includes cases in which prosecutors approve significantly reduced charges.
And whatever that 86% signifies, they only convict 60% of the time. Maybe that means they are trying to win really marginal cases, and maybe it means that they suck at their jobs.
Click thru for a select couple of examples, including how the judges just go along with everything.
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