Cook Co. judge who released man that set woman on fire on Blue Line wins reelection

A Cook County judge who released the man accused of setting a 26-year-old woman on fire on a Chicago Transit Authority train last year is now on track to keep her job for another six years.

Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez, who was on the ballot Tuesday in a judicial retention election, chose to let Lawrence Reed back on the streets with an ankle monitor in connection with a separate violent incident.

Reed has been arrested more than 70 times…

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