"ut in a huge break for the defendant, Joseph Fultz, Linn took the extraordinarily unusual step of reversing the jury’s verdict and convicting him of a far less serious sex charge. Linn then sentenced Fultz to 18 years in prison, a far cry from the mandatory life sentence he faced if the jury’s decision had stood.
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Un Juez Veterano del Condado de Cook ha Sido Bloqueado Repetidamente para Que No Trate Casos de Delitos Sexuales. Esta es la Razón.
October 22, 2020
For the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, the about-face marked the final straw following a series of what prosecutors viewed as unfavorable decisions by Linn on sex cases, according to internal office emails and interviews with several former prosecutors.
“What is his problem?” then-State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez wrote of Linn in an email at the time. “This is getting out of hand with him.”
https://www.bettergov.org/news/a-veteran-cook-county-judge-has-been-repeatedly-blocked-from-hearing-sex-offense-cases-here-s/
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