Cook County SAKimFoxx is not seeking another term, which will mark the end of her 8 years serving the Chicagoland area that has been filled with both praises by criminal justice reform activists and criticism from traditional tough-on-crime supporters.
Foxx, the first black woman to hold the position, announced on Tuesday that she would not be running for reelection, much to the dismay and joy of Illinois lawmakers, prosecutors, and elected officials."I leave now with my head held high, with my heart full, knowing that better days are ahead," Foxx said during her speech at the City Club of Chicago luncheon.
Lightfoot had said during a news conference at the time that the decision was a matter of"deep concern" to her. "I mean, I'm not here to judge where we put our priorities, but the fact that I have been asked and that more ink has been spilled by editorial pages and newspapers and reporters that probably when I leave this Earth, my epitaph, my obituary will mention Jussie Smollett makes me mad," Foxx said.
"She came in there with a different theory — basically a restorative justice type theory, where she tried to go over and above what a prosecutor typically does," Miller said."A lot of people said she was really the public defender of Cook County and not the state's attorney of Cook County."While crime and violence dropped during Foxx's first three years in office, the COVID-19 pandemic reversed that trend beginning in 2020.
However, the law is currently stayed and in the hands of the state Supreme Court to determine whether the constitution tethers Illinois to cash bail.When Foxx took office, she installed several progressive-leaning criminal justice reforms, including establishing a new threshold for prosecutors to seek felony charges in retail theft cases. She also oversaw the expungement of several low-level marijuana convictions.
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