Homer Glen father charged in daughter's death released on electronic monitoring, court docs say

Electronic monitoring is now 'rendered powerless' by legislation

At least Cathryn Crawford and Shobha Mahadev managed to get one thing right in their op-ed last week: Placing all Cook County electronic monitoring programs under the judiciary would bring our county in line with best practices statewide.Unfortunately, the rest of the piece was a recycling of misinformation and studies that decarceration advocates pull out whenever they want to criticize any attempt to hold individuals on electronic monitoring a…

Homer Glen father charged in daughter's death released on electronic monitoring, court docs say

A Homer Glen father charged in connection with the possible overdose death of his 2-year-old daughter has been released, court documents show.