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16-0993
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 11/17/2015 | approve | Pass |
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16-0475
| 1 | | COOK COUNTY GUIDELINES FOR SPECIAL STATE’S ATTORNEYS | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter Two, Administration, Article IV, Officers and Employees, Division 9, State’s Attorney, Subdivision II, Cook County Guidelines For Special State’s Attorneys, SECTION 2-331(b) of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-331. - Guidelines established.
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(b) Purpose. In the event that the Cook County State's Attorney is sick, absent, unable to attend to a case or has an interest in a case, a Special State's Attorney can be appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-9008. The appointment of any Special State's Attorney is considered temporary and limited in scope to the instant matter before the appointing court. In matters pertaining to the prosecution of alleged offenses by members of the Chicago Police Department, there shall be a presumption that the Cook County State’s Attorney has an interest in the case pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-9008, and that the appointment of a Special State’s Attorney should take place pursuant to the guid | recommend for deferral | Pass |
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16-0577
| 1 | | CALLING ON THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY TO APPOINT A SPECIAL STATE’S ATTORNEY TO HANDLE THE PROSECUTION OF OFFICER JASON VAN DYKE, PURSUANT TO 55 ILCS 5/3-9008 | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CALLING ON THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY TO APPOINT A SPECIAL STATE’S ATTORNEY TO HANDLE THE PROSECUTION OF OFFICER JASON VAN DYKE, PURSUANT TO 55 ILCS 5/3-9008
WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-9008, the Circuit Court or an interested party in a proceeding may file a petition alleging that the State’s Attorney is unable to fulfill her duties; and
WHEREAS, 55 ILCS 5/3-9008 sets the proper procedure for the Circuit Court to review such petition; and
WHEREAS, the 13-month time period between the shooting death of a 17-year-old African American, Laquan McDonald, and the filing of criminal charges by the Cook County State’s Attorney against the shooter, Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has undermined local confidence in the criminal justice system in Cook County; and,
WHEREAS, the delay in prosecuting Officer Van Dyke has placed the Cook County State’s Attorney in the position of having to defend the impartiality of the State’s Attorney’s Office in prosecuting Officer Van Dyke; and,
WHEREAS, with respect to the prosecution of Officer Va | recommend for approval | Pass |
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