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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 4, 2025CONTACT:sao.media@cookcountysao.org COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY EXPANDS PILOT PROGRAM TO STREAMLINE CHARGING PROCESS FOR LOW-LEVEL GUN POSSESSION CASESMore efficient charging process gets police…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 26, 2025CONTACT:sao.media@cookcountysao.orgJOINT STATEMENT OF COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY EILEEN O'NEILL BURKE AND CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLINGWe applaud today's Supreme Court ruling upholding restrictions on ghost guns, which have become far…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 14, 2025CONTACT:sao.media@cookcountysao.orgDAY ONE PRIORITIES BY THE NUMBERS: 100 DAYS, 115 GUN-RELATED DETENTIONSUnder Burke, prosecutors have sought pre-trial detention for 202 felony firearm cases involving switches, ghost guns, or other modified weapons; judges…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 7, 2025CONTACT: sao.media@cookcountysao.orgCOOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY BURKE PROPOSES FIX TO DIVERSION PROGRAMS FOR FIRST-TIME, NONVIOLENT GUN OFENDERSProposal would allow otherwise law-abiding citizens to obtain a FOID card upon successful completion of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 30, 2025CONTACT:sao.media@cookcountysao.orgCook County State's Attorney Announces New Policy to Crack Down on 'Switches' and Other Illegally Modified GunsCHICAGO - Set against a fifteenfold increase in the number of illegally modified firearms being recovered by local…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 2, 2024CONTACTCCSAO - sao.media@cookcountysao.orgCook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke Announces New Detention Policy to Increase Public Safety and Protect VictimsProsecutors will seek pre-trial detention for the highest classes of violent offenses, all…