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- The Cook County Criminal Courthouse has switched from video bail hearings to in-person bail hearings, a move that could lessen crowding in the jail.
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Please read between the lines of that report about bail hearings. It's all about the spin.
Sure, the in-person hearings will "...lessen jail overcrowding."
Why? Because more criminals will be let out on bail....with many of these criminals failing to appear for the next court date and/or committing MORE crimes while out on bail.
Video bail hearings WORK. In-person bail hearings, in the hands of liberal Cook County judges, lead to criminals getting pumped back onto the street.
Okay, now this makes no sense. Why would the number of people let out on bail change depending on whether they appear in-person or via TV? I'd think the facts of the case should be the same despite the method of discussion.
And yet, people get released on more than just the facts of the case.