The Sad State of the Justice System in Chicago

What happens when you don't hold people accountable for their criminal behavior? They decide that there is no reason to change that behavior. And how many cities have the same lack of consequences aside from Chicago?

Why would he change his behavior? What is the price of being a criminal? 18-year-old who received probation for 3 robberies as a juvenile last year is now charged with armed carjacking - CWB Chicago

An 18-year-old man who was convicted of three separate robbery cases last year in juvenile court is now charged as an adult with hijacking a driver at gunpoint this month. And, prosecutors say, one of his accomplices in the carjacking is a juvenile who had a rifle strapped across his chest and a handgun in his waistband when police arrested him shortly after the crime.

My prediction is that they will turn him loose again. They won't keep him in jail unless he actually kills someone in a robbery.

Then there is this guy. Charged with 3 burglary-related cases since May, man tells judge the latest accusations are ‘bullsh*t’

Multiple arrests on various felonies. When he was arrested for going AWOL on a prior charge Kim Foxx's band of non-prosecuting attorneys decided to just turn him loose.

A judge issued a warrant for his arrest. Cops eventually found him, and he was brought back to court on August 30. His punishment for going AWOL on a felony case? Nothing. Prosecutors actually dropped all of the charges when he showed up in court that day, according to court records.

And again, with no consequences, his behavior did not change. (I'm shocked!)

Police arrested him again in Rogers Park on November 24. A CPD spokesperson said Chavez refused to leave private property and had items taken during a burglary in Mount Prospect.

He was charged with theft, two counts of theft of lost or mislaid property, and criminal trespass to a residence. He walked out of the police station on his own recognizance less than eight hours later, according to CPD records.

Any guesses on what he did next? Click thru.

This indicates that what passes for a Criminal Justice System in Chicago is not interested in public order, or reducing crime. But we knew that. And it is not limited to Chicago.