I suspect many people would be surprised to hear how common it is for Cook County judges to release men accused of violent sexual assaults or serial sexual assaults on relatively low bail and sometimes without electronic monitoring.
https://twitter.com/Ashlee_Rezin/status/1413589096526659589
...Not long ago, we published a story after one such man was sentenced to prison. He spent years sending email threats about our initial story and even managed to get a juicy federal PPP loan while on bond.
...Off the top of my head, I can think of two men accused of being *serial* rapists who are wandering around on head-scratchingly low bail. Both allegedly raped multiple women — highly intoxicated or drugged— they met in or near bars.
...To be clear, bond for these types of cases are usually set very high during the initial bail hearing and are then reduced by the trial judge.
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