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An alleged gunman who opened fire on a car at a West Side McDonald’s drive-thru, killing 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams, was ordered held without bail Friday.
Demond Goudy, 20, is facing murder and attempted murder charges for the April 18 shooting at the fast food restaurant, at 3200 W. Roosevelt Road.
Marion Lewis, 18, was also ordered held without bail for Jaslyn’s murder after he was taken into custody last week following a police chase on the Eisenhower Expressway. Lewis, who Cook County prosecutors identified as the driver, was shot by a police officer during the pursuit.
February 3, 2021
Some of America s busiest courts have gone virtual or delayed creating backlogs, increased surveillance and false guilty pleas, advocates say.
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Empty streets, shuttered restaurants, and now, closed courts.
Cathryn Crawford is the director of legal services for the Lawndale Christian Legal Center in Chicago: The backlog is going to take a really long time, a really long time, because it s not like everything stops, and we re going to get rid of those cases.”
Across the country, criminal courts have either gone virtual, been delayed or stopped indefinitely. Eight states and the district of Columbia have statewide restrictions on jury trials “until further notice.”