Woman Charged in Death of Chicago Cyclist
12-03-23, 04:50 PM
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Woman Charged in Death of Chicago Cyclist
Since the original thread is closed, here's the update:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2...ewater-cyclist
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2...ewater-cyclist
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12-03-23, 05:09 PM
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Good update. The police completed their investigation and someone is now being prosecuted for the death of the cyclist.
12-03-23, 05:34 PM
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Oh, thank goodness.
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12-04-23, 11:11 AM
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And they still didn't charge her correctly, but at least this is better than nothing.
She's charged with a Class 2 felony, despite the fact that she inarguably committed a Class 1 when she left the scene -- the latter crime having apparently entirely escaped the notice of this crack district attorney.
Instead they are wasting their time on stoplight violations...
She's charged with a Class 2 felony, despite the fact that she inarguably committed a Class 1 when she left the scene -- the latter crime having apparently entirely escaped the notice of this crack district attorney.
Instead they are wasting their time on stoplight violations...
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12-04-23, 11:25 AM
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And again, any attorney who cannot convict on "Leaving the scene" in this case, needs to find a different profession, and stop stealing from taxpayers.
12-04-23, 11:59 AM
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And they still didn't charge her correctly, but at least this is better than nothing.
She's charged with a Class 2 felony, despite the fact that she inarguably committed a Class 1 when she left the scene -- the latter crime having apparently entirely escaped the notice of this crack district attorney.
Instead they are wasting their time on stoplight violations...
She's charged with a Class 2 felony, despite the fact that she inarguably committed a Class 1 when she left the scene -- the latter crime having apparently entirely escaped the notice of this crack district attorney.
Instead they are wasting their time on stoplight violations...
12-04-23, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=062500050HCh%2E+11+Art%2E+IV&ActID=1815&ChapterID=49&SeqStart=120350000&SeqEnd=122 100000
(d) Any person failing to comply with paragraph (b) is guilty of a Class 2 felony if the motor vehicle crash does not result in the death of any person. Any person failing to comply with paragraph (b) when the crash results in the death of any person is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
12-04-23, 12:23 PM
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You didn't cite the entire section of code. Paragraph (b) is about failure to report an accident that results in a fatality. Paragraph (a) is about leaving the scene of an accident that results in a fatality, which is a class 4 felony as stated in paragraph (c).
12-04-23, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=062500050HCh%2E+11+Art%2E+IV&ActID=1815&ChapterID=49&SeqStart=120350000&SeqEnd=122 100000
Code:
Sec. 11-401.
Code:
Motor vehicle crashes involving death or personal injuries.
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(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a motor vehicle crashes resulting in personal injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such crash, or as close thereto as possible and shall then forthwith return to, and in every event shall remain at the scene of the crash until the requirements of Section 11-403 have been fulfilled. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
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(b) Any person who has failed to stop or to comply with the requirements of paragraph (a)...
12-04-23, 05:24 PM
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Paragraphs a and b are linked -- leaving the scene of any injury crash is a Class 4, and subsequently failing to notify the authorities within 30 minutes elevates to a Class 2, if a person was injured, and Class 1 if a person was killed, which is the case here. Since she failed to meet her legal obligations in both paragraphs, she committed a Class 1 felony.
12-04-23, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by the same ILCS section already quoted
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(a) shall, as soon as possible but in no case later than one-half hour after such motor vehicle crash, or, if hospitalized and incapacitated from reporting at any time during such period, as soon as possible but in no case later than one-half hour after being discharged from the hospital, report the place of the crash, the date, the approximate time, the driver's name and address, the registration number of the vehicle driven, and the names of all other occupants of such vehicle, at a police station or sheriff's office near the place where such crash occurred.
And all of that still ignores the fact that the district attorney failed to charge her with even the Class 4 felony, which she earned the moment she took off running red lights -- so obviously your faith in that "civil servant" is wildly misplaced, to no one's surprise.
12-04-23, 06:46 PM
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Your logic is beyond non-sensical if you think someone can be charged with failure to report an accident if they are already being detained by the police.
12-04-23, 07:00 PM
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Cite the section of the law which provides that exception. There is no such section -- in fact, it says repeatedly "in no case".
12-04-23, 07:12 PM
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Clearly, someone cannot be charged with a failure to file an accident report at the police station, if they are being detained by the police when the reporting deadline passes. A five-year-old could understand that.
12-04-23, 07:33 PM
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"Clearly", a person could not be expected to report such a crash if they were hospitalized -- which is precisely why that exception is codified in the law. But it is, as we've seen, the sole exception.
So, according to the law, if one leaves the scene of a crash, and plans to report the crash at the police station, they better get there before the cops find 'em. And she did not.
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