Prison sentences for retail theft doubled in 2025, according to report studying State’s Attorney Burke policies
- Posted on May 20, 2026
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Prison sentences for retail theft doubled in 2025, according to report studying State’s Attorney Burke policies
A court-monitoring group that studied policy changes during the first 500 days of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s leadership found in a new report that prison sentences for retail theft more than doubled last year.
