
Knights Party Press Release: May 29. 2024
A criminal is a criminal! The New York Sun on Tuesday May 28. 2024 published this headline, “Bill, Advancing in Illinois, Would Reduce the Number of Criminals by Rebranding Some as ‘Justice-Impacted Individuals’.” In Illinois, a bill replacing “offender” with “justice-impacted individual” for participants in a state program is awaiting the signature of the state’s Democratic governor, J.B. Pritzker. The move is said to remove the stigma from criminals and help reduce prison populations, but such word games offer no comfort to victims of crime. After the Illinois Senate advanced House Bill 4409 to Mr. Pritzker last week, the Chicago […]