The chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County is speaking out, after a deadly stabbing last month prompted new calls to change how domestic violence cases are handled in the county.
Leah HopeCircuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans is speaking out on domestic violence cases as 40 new judges were sworn in Monday.Evans swore in 40 newly elected judges, and discussed the importance of their new roles Monday.after two of his cases resulted in tragedies.allegedly by a suspect who had just been released on parole.
The other case involved a Portage Park woman who police say was murdered by her husband, who was later found dead. The husband was on electronic monitoring.Last week, Evans announced Nowinski would not be hearing domestic violence cases."The members of the public need to know they can be safe. It's not a perfect system; humans are running this system, but we are interested in closing the gaps we can," Evans said.
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