A Chicago-area judge rejected a request from Mayor Lori Lightfoot to halt electronic monitoring for accused violent offenders, allowing those charged with dangerous crimes to return to the streets.
Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans said Tuesday that granting the requested moratorium on electronic monitoring would have violated both the U.S. and state constitutions and would deem defendants "considered guilty until proven innocent," the Chicago Sun Times reported.
In a letter addressed to the judge on Dec. 29, Lightfoot had requested the moratorium on electronic monitoring for all offenders where "the lead charge is murder, attempted murder, aggravated gun possession, felons in possession, sex crimes, illegal gun possession, vehicular carjacking, kidnapping or attempted kidnapping or other crimes of violence."