As the Sun-Times’ Frank Main reported, Nakia Smith, a convicted felon who is not lawfully permitted to possess a firearm, entered a police station in possession of a gun, ostensibly to turn in the gun to authorities. That he had no other purpose in doing this must be acknowledged by all.
Can’t the Cook County state’s attorney and criminal justice system sometimes exercise some common sense and temper justice with some mercy?
And, no, I am not one of those lakefront liberals.
Julius L. “Jerry” Loeser, Gold Coast
Murder case needs to be reinvestigated
Recently, the Sun-Times ran Chip Mitchell’s story about Ivy Kelly. He is serving a 30-year prison sentence. Prosecutors recently offered him a deal: If he pleaded guilty, he’d get a sentence reduction of nearly eight years and would be released immediately. He refuses to plead guilty because he says he did not commit the crime. He must remain in prison.
Mr. Kelly’s case must be reinvestigated. This is certainly imperative in light of the police misconduct in investigations, which has also been reported on.
Susan Korfanty, Oak Park
Costs of Trump’s scheme
Sunday’s Nation/World Associated Press story that explains Donald Trump’s plan to charge readers sneak peeks to his Truth Social mentions that the scheme is illegal.
“If this was the CEO of a public company, this would be jail time,” the head of Able Alpha Trading is quoted as saying.
Our president just wants the money. We know that. But the article omits an important detail — the costs of Trump’s plan.
As NPR reports, “Starting Saturday, for a fee of up to $100,000 a month, trading firms can access ‘Truth API’ to get a glimpse of the president’s often market-moving announcements about economic policy and global affairs before the rest of the world.”
That is $1.2 million a year just to read the lies that flow from Trump. I am disappointed that the AP article did not start with this obscene money grab.
Carmel Callobre, Skokie
Longing for news I can use
I long for the days of Walter Jacobson, Floyd Kalber and Ron Magers. The news programs today are an endless litany of natural disasters, animal stories, upcoming concert events, movie openings and TV shows. Too much happy talk. Thank goodness for PBS for offering a reliable and objective source of what is going on in the real world today.
Eileen Carney, Palos Heights