Democrat lawmakers are more concerned with sugarcoating terms for criminals instead of prosecuting actual criminals.
The Illinois Senate recently approved HB 4409, which would amend the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009, particularly revising the term “offenders” with “justice impacted individuals” for those criminals who are part of the “Adult Redeploy Illinois” program.
The ARI program shifts offenders from jails to rehabilitation centers.
During the senate hearing, the author of the bill, Senator Robert Peters (D-Chicago), explained that a justice-impacted individual are those who have been “impacted by the criminal justice system and is an individual”
Peters, who is more concerned with euphemism than the actual crime committed, said that “sometimes we refer to victims as survivors, [like] survivors of violent crime, survivors of domestic violence. So, we use multiple terms for a lot of different people for a lot of different things.”
For Republican state senators, amending the term for those who have committed a crime ‘portrayed a lack of empathy for victims,’ and a lack of concern for public safety.
“Change this, change that, the only thing you don’t want to change is the behavior of criminals,” remarked State Senator Steve McClure (R-Springfield).
“And guess who is paying for that right now? Victims all across the state. I urge a ‘no’ vote.”
He added that this move takes away “accurate language to reflect criminal behavior, to take away crimes,” and there is a rush to erase “all accountability for people that commit crimes.”
State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) added that lawmakers keep changing terminologies in referring to criminal activity. But such a measure neglects the changes each government agency has to go over every time this happens.
“So I would ask, why is it necessary to make the name change? Even if the rest of the bill was okay, which I don’t think that it is, but even if the rest of it was okay, the name changes may seem like a small thing, but it costs thousands and thousands of dollars to do that.”
“Right now in the Department of Corrections, there’s multiple changes that have been made and it’s costing thousands and thousands of dollars just to do a name change. Why is it necessary to make the name change?” State Sen. Bryant continued.
The measure faced harsh criticisms online, with one radio host taking to X and saying, “Playing the Name Change Game Again. Criminals are now Justice Impacted Individuals. Your IL dem legislators are America’s worst.”
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