The Chicago Way: More Crime, Less Justice

By Jenn Jacques

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Despite seeing a disturbing increase in crime, felony prosecutions are decreasing in Cook County, Illinois.

Disturbing but true, Chicago’s kill rate is higher than it’s homicide rate. Of those shot in the windy city, 16.6% are killed. Unfortunately for their families, the city’s success rate of charging anyone with those murders is a dismal 14.7%.

Of the 101 murders occurring in the first two months of 2016, only 14 suspects were charged. 5 were in self defense and one was police-involved which leaves a staggering 81 cases lingering without closure.

Why the gross imbalance between crime rates and criminal justice in Chicago?

“While the Chicago Police Department is taking action to keep our communities safe, gun violence driven primarily by gang conflicts remained at an unacceptable level in February,” department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. “The level of violence is unacceptable and CPD continues to aggressively target those responsible, especially in neighborhoods where gang activity is most active.”

While that may be true, the stories of disturbing crimes being committed throughout the city are becoming more and more appalling and crime certainly isn’t bound by any zip code. Last month, four children …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms