From State Rep. Dan Ugaste:
Another day, another SAFE-T Act failure
This time, a former teacher accused of sexually abusing a student could not be held pre-trial because of provisions in this misguided law.
The judge in the case stated, “While this case is horrific in nature — it’s shocking, it’s appalling, it’s garnering lots of attention — I do believe under the SAFE-T Act I am tied to whether there are any conditions I can set to mitigate the risk she poses to [the boy] right now.”
Read more from the Chicago Sun-Times.
