Go here to read all about it. When the judicial price tag for a murder is three years probation, one hundred hours of community service and counseling, the law becomes a sick joke.
Say His Name: Elias Valdez
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Looks like some of those cheesy films about dystopic society in the near future were not too far off the mark, I kind of expected it to appear on the west coast first but Chicago seems about right too.
Can we publish the name, address, phone numbers, license plate, and club memberships of the judge in this case? Can we ask why the statute would allow a judge this discretion?
https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Bernstein
A political background which does not surprise me in Cook County. He is around 75 which does surprise me.
Note that psych was his undergraduate major.
Psych majors should be barred from any and all public offices. 🤣
Just kidding, folks. Mostly.
https://leyhane.blogspot.com/2009/08/bernstein-announces-9th-subcircuit.html
The money quote:
“and cites his memberships in “the North Suburban Bar Association, Decalogue Society, Asian Bar Association, NAACP, and ACLU” as among his qualifications for the bench.”
So, he’s an Elizabeth-Warren-style fake Oriental (or is he pretending to be East Indian), sends dues to a perfectly useless organization that hasn’t had a serious institutional mission in 50 years, and sends dues to a criminal lawfare operation.