Cash bail not perfect; it’s a compromise solution
January 30, 2023
Let’s say we have two criminal defendants, each charged with the same crime, like aggravated assault. One sits in jail for months while awaiting trial. The other goes free the day of arrest until the trial date arrives. What’s the difference? The guy stuck in jail cannot afford to post bail. The other can. It […]
No one cheers when reporting that McHenry County had 42 opioid overdose deaths (with two more pending toxicology reports) in 2021. But knowing that the number of overdose deaths in the county fell from 51 in 2020 – and is nearly half the worst toll of 79 in 2017 – provides hope that the county’s […]
Each year, the most somber part of the observance of International Overdose Awareness Day is the reading of the names of attendees’ family and friends who have died as the result of a drug overdose. As about 150 people clustered near the bandstand in the Woodstock Square last Thursday evening, 19 names were read – […]
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