Portage Park

Judge who released husband accused of murdering wife on NW Side denies prosecutors’ detention petitions far more often than his peers

There are many unanswered questions about the shocking domestic attack in which a woman was allegedly murdered by her husband, who was wearing a GPS monitor for a pending domestic violence case. We secured a transcript to learn why the judge sent him home on an ankle monitor instead of keeping him in jail as prosecutors wanted. We also found that the judge denies detention petitons far more often than his peers.