Mr. Mitchell, what are your thoughts on that?

This case has nothing to do with any of that.

First off, it's an incredible tragedy.

And even if you have the vast majority of people accused of criminal offenses not going on, like over 93%, not accused of any other horrible offense like this, it's still an incredible tragedy.

And we should talk about that first.

With that said, this case is about an accused person who was accused of a far less serious offense and then sentenced to probation.

with electronic monitoring attached.

Maybe you would, in your capacity, have better context beyond just those reports, but have you seen data that supports that, for the most part, most defendants on electronic monitoring are not engaging in serious crimes?

I know you don't even like that term, but explain the significance of President Trump's attack not only on Illinois, but around the country.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm, I'm, I'm a true fan of the show and it, it's great to be here.

Um, listen, this, this is, this is tyranny.

Uh, this is what kings do.

Um, A duly elected state legislator passed a criminal justice reform package to improve the quality of bail decisions in 2021, um, that was put in play in 2023.

And despite predictions from the right, the bail system did not fail, crime did not explode.

And, uh, we only have about a minute or so left, but didn't the Illinois Supreme Court already ruled in favor of this legislation?