CONDITIONS OF RELEASE AND PROBATION
Conditions of release often include prohibitions that are difficult to avoid, such as curfew violations or associating with groups of people from shared communities.
Would you encourage police departments in Cook County to limit arrests for violations of release conditions that do not harm or pose a risk of harm to others?
CONWAY: |
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| I have a client, Candace Clark, with an otherwise-clean record who was charged with the very same crime as Jussie Smollett. Unlike Smollett -- whose charges were dropped by my opponent -- my client has to fulfill onerous conditions including report to court every month, report to a probation officer every month, maintain a job, pay restitution, and seek court permission to even leave the county. We have a two-tier system that treats you differently depending on where you're from or who you know; until we fix it, it is unfair to arrest people like Candace for failing to jump through every hoop while others never had to jump through hoops for the same crime. |
FIORETTI: |
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| It has to be done on a case by case basis. This is too complex to be decided by a sweeping generalization of policy. Conditions of being out of jail awaiting trial must mean something or why impose them? |
FOXX: |
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| Again, under my administration we have prioritized going after violent offenses, people and organizations who pose a threat to public safety versus overly criminalizing marginalized and economically disenfranchised communities. |
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