The new charges for a man facing federal charges after allegedly lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line has exposed a range of gaps in the criminal justice system, experts say.
Prosecutors say in March, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed tried to sexually assault a 23-year-old woman who was riding the Blue Line, just like Bethany McGee.
According to the charging documents for the March incident, when the train was near the Grand Avenue station, Reed touched the woman and sat on her lap before a 27-year-old man intervened and Reed struck him…