‘Does not work’: Cook County State’s Attorney decries electronic monitoring system as broken

In an unusual step, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke spoke out against the system of ankle bracelets and electronic monitoring currently in use in the region.

She said it is not effective and her office will be seeking detention in all cases that warrant it.

The announcement comes as the man who killed one Chicago police officer and severely injured another makes another court appearance…

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