Dekalb- Republican candidates seeking nomination of their party for the service of residents in the 37th Senate district of Illinois share their platform in a virtual Dekalb County Forum this week, who weight the safe-T Act and other subjects.
The Virtual Candidate Forum was co-maintained by the league of female voters of the Northern Illinois Arm, Decalab County and WNIJ, a Northern Public Radio’s league, and painted six of the three different primary races. The full platform can be seen on WNIJ’s Facebook page.
Lee Arelano Junior, Chris Bishop and Tim Yezer are three candidates for the 37th Senate District Republican nomination in the primary election of March 19. The 37th includes Dekalb, Henry, Bureau, La Sail and parts of Lee Counties.
In August, the state Sen Win Stolar, R-Germentown Hills, said that he would not want a third term.
Year did not participate in the forum.
Helenno and Bishop were asked their opinion on the Safe-T Act, which came into force in September and banned cash bail in Illinois.
Cashless bail provisions outline a more wide set of criteria, which would require court authorities to follow to determine whether it was arrested with a crime and alleged that it was eligible for release under the safe-T Act.
Judges in Illinois still maintain the ability to determine the eligibility for bail based on a fixed criteria, according to the safe-T Act. The criterion includes more steps to use the qualification for release for prosecutors and judges, including if a person is a flight risk or if it is released or what kind of violent offense.
The bishop, who was previously asked, said that he believes that this law is a fiscal issue for the Northern Illinois Counties.
Bishop: “One of the things we talk about is just different obstacles that put it on law enforcement, and something that I think we sometimes remember that these are financial obstacles that are putting on counties. We have counties within this district that are going out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and not only bail but also the processing fee.
“Therefore, it is creating an issue. And then, for number 2, for our judicial system, there is a backlog of cases that are constructing. The lawyers of our state do not have enough manpower to live with them. It hinder how much time it has, and before they look at a judge, and how we are doing everything.
“So much is that Illinois is now a task force in the Supreme Court that is looking at the issue and how can we really streamline some things that are going on and can make it a little more efficient, and ways that we can go back to the law and may make some changes. This report is coming out on March 1.
“One of the things that I would suggest that MLAs take a look at the report, sit with our law enforcement, but also our state’s lawyers and our judges in the district, and try to find out how we can work this thing, as it intends.”
On the other hand, Helenno said that he feels that the law was passed in an immoral manner.
Areleno: “This requires more modifications. I think we are working here on our fourth trailer bill. We still have a lot of problems with it if you talk to our lioniff and our law enforcement. It was passed in an immoral way, quite clearly, in the middle of the night, really to read and study in the middle of the night, and the results have shown so.
“So there were some good intentions, but when they got a chance, in the crowd to get it, they threw a lot of things – it just didn’t work. So it requires continuous modifications.
“Secondly I would say that this is clearly, of course at the beginning and even as amendment, it is clearly looking through the lens what they believe in the needs of law enforcement in the Chicago region for improvement. And it is different from the dramatic form of dramatic form than the Chicago faces.
“So the challenge, as you will see in the Grand Ditour, where I grew up – about 350 people – [and] In Dixon, where I was the mayor – around 15,000 people – [as well as] Sterling and Rock Falls, and in Janesio and Rochelle, they are not just one, and this bill does not take it into consideration.
“So we need to continue the amendment, and we need some voices from the counties we will represent [37th District] From Sheriffs, from the enforcement of law, as well as from the advocates who are demanding improvement to achieve it better to mix our needs. ,