As election day comes closer, ABC7 Chicago sat down with two of the candidates looking to be elected as the Cook County State's Attorney.
Incumbent Kim Foxx is not running for re-election. Three candidates are seeking to replace her: Republican Bob Fioretti, Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke and Libertarian Andrew Kopinski.
ABC7 Chicago spoke with O'Neill Burke and Fioretti. Mr. Kopinski had planned to join us, but was unable to because of a family matter.As election day comes closer, ABC7 Chicago sat down with two of the candidates looking to be elected as the Cook County State's Attorney."That shouldn't be a surprise to anyone because we had 764 shot this summer in Chicago alone," she said. "We are seeing a mass shooting now on a regular basis.
O'Neill Burke, laid out a potential pilot program for young offenders by partnering with community organizations. "We are going to put pretrial conditions on them, meaning you get checked in at school at 8 o'clock, you're checked on at noon, and you get checked out at 3:30. Vast majority of juveniles are arrested between 3:30 and 10 o'clock at night. That's when we're going to keep them busy."
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