'An 81-month sentence for the gruesome murder of a child was inadequate in the first place. For Van Dyke to walk free in less than half that time is senselessly unjust,' says KinaCollinsIL, calling for federal charges.
all charges for sentencing was significant because the 16 battery counts each had a mandatory minimum of a six-year prison term.
"We've been crying aloud for federal charges on Jason Van Dyke for the past three years," community organizer William Calloway told."It shouldn't take this to happen, to be on the cusp of his release, to get federal charges pressed on him." "We trust that you find the matters alarming as well," wrote NAACP president Derrick Johnson and Illinois State Conference president Teresa Haley, urging Garland to close the investigation and"move forward with appropriate and applicable federal charges based on the federal grand jury findings and other relevant evidence."that the department received the NAACP letter as well as one from Illinois' two Democratic U.S.
"We urge the Justice Department to carefully and expeditiously complete its investigation," the senators wrote, telling Garland that they"look forward to your prompt report" on the probe.
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