The slaying of high school football star Seke Willis is thefourth since 1989 in which murder charges have been filed against aCook County Jail inmate freed under the electronic home monitoringprogram, officials said.
"These incidents are unfortunate, and they remind us of the realrisk" in the program, said Sally Daly, spokeswoman for SheriffMichael F. Sheahan. "The sheriff would prefer to keep theseindividuals in jail . . . but the jail is overcrowded."
Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen called for a re-evaluationof the screening procedures used in the program. "We don't wantanyone harmed physically or killed by someone who has been released,"he said.
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