How Is That Criminal Justice Reform Working Out?

CWB Chicago has a few stories on the topic of crime in The Windy City.

First up we have another case of "electronic monitoring doesn't work." Man committed 8 armed robberies in an hour — while wearing an ankle monitor for 4 other armed robberies: prosecutors

A 19-year-old man is charged with committing eight armed robberies within an hour while he was on electronic monitoring for six other felonies, including four more robberies.

This time the judge kept him in jail pending trial. I expect another judge will release him on electronic monitoring, adding the words, "Or else."

They don't usually keep these guys in jail until they kill someone. Man carjacked driver while on juvenile parole, adult parole, and pretrial release: prosecutors

Doesn't committing a crime while on parole constitute a violation of parole? I guess he's still innocent until proved guilty.

State records show Pope was paroled on December 8, 2023, after serving half of a three-year sentence involving stolen vehicle allegations.

In late August, Chicago police arrested him on a felony narcotics charge, saying they caught him with seven baggies of suspected heroin in a narcotics “hotspot” on the West Side. But the state did not revoke his parole and he was released to await trial.

Maybe Illinois should look a bit more closely at automatically paroling people after they serve half their sentence. Maybe they should look at other criteria. 18 years for robbing 7 businesses while on parole for robbing 6 businesses

A man has been given an 18-year sentence for robbing seven North Side businesses last year while he was on parole for an 18-year sentence he received for six robberies in 2014.

Williamomo Peray, 45, will be eligible for parole again in June 2032, after serving half of his new sentence.

Gee, I wonder how he will earn a living after he is released.

If you click thru that 3rd link, and read to the bottom, you see he has been arrested, tried, convicted, and paroled several (many?) times. Each time he was paroled, he committed more crimes for which he was arrested. Rinse. Repeat.

As for the "Or Else" line above... Whenever I see this kind of thing I am reminded of the following scene from Demolition Man.