Winnebago County, sheriff, jail superintendent named in federal suit
Family of murder victim Ellen Marsh said Shane Bouma had an extensive rap sheet and should have never been furloughed giving him time to kill Marsh.
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Family of murder victim Ellen Marsh said Shane Bouma had an extensive rap sheet and should have never been furloughed giving him time to kill Marsh.
The lack of information surrounding Van Dyke’s exit from custody added a new layer to a case that has sparked outrage from activists and Black leaders who decried Van Dyke’s lenient sentence and called for renewed civil rights charges against Van Dyke.
“I understand why this continues to feel like a miscarriage of justice, especially when many Black and brown men get sentenced to so much more prison time for having committed far lesser crimes,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
After 1,214 days in custody for the murder of Laquan McDonald, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is about to go home.