A Chicago man this week was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murdering another man while he was supposed to be at home on “24/7 electronic monitoring.”
In November 2021, Chicago police said they saw Hayes carrying a black satchel with an extended ammunition magazine sticking out of it. They arrested him. Judge Peggy Chiampas agreed to release Hayes on his own recognizance with a 24/7 curfew, according to court records. The curfew was to be enforced by an ankle monitor administered by the office of then-Chief Judge Timothy Evans.
A few months later, in late March 2022, Hayes allegedly texted his ex-girlfriend, “So you going to ignore me? Don’t say nothing when you die.” The next evening, he left his house and went to a spot where he knew his ex and two of her friends would be hanging out, prosecutors said…