Chicago DUI attorney blames the gotcha media for putting a nail in the coffin of justice

This Chicago DUI attorney has posted here and here about the media getting it wrong.  Unfortunately, the media knows it is powerful.  Where justice used to be served, it is no longer occurring because judges and prosecutors are people first and foremost.  No one wants to have their decision making scrutinized by the “gotcha” media.

Earlier today, I was in a Cook County courthouse and saw it myself.  Multiple defendants, with different attorneys, all pled guilty to the offense of aggravated speeding. 

In each instance, there was not an accident.  In each instance, the accused had no other criminal background.  In each instance, the accused had no other bad driving background.

In each instance, the judge sentenced the accused to a conviction for the offense along with court fees.  In each instance, that will be on the accused’s record going forward.  In each instance, the accused now has criminal misdemeanor background, where they had none before.  In each instance, the judgment for aggravated speeding will impact the accused for the rest of their lives.

Once judges and prosecutors start trying to win popularity contests our justice system is doomed to extinction.