Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said one of her office’s top achievements during her first year in office has been increasing the pretrial detention rate for suspects charged with assault weapons possession, domestic violence and other violent crimes.

Since taking office, judges have granted detention in 80% of violent crime cases, 85% of aggravated domestic battery and 76% of machine gun cases, all higher than under the previous state’s attorney, Kim Foxx, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

“We are not asking for detention on every case,” Burke said. “We are asking for detention when someone presents a danger to the community, and we will continue to do that on each and every case when someone is a danger.”

Asked about the Illinois SAFE-T Act, the 2021 crimin

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