While media reports have focused on an uptick in juvenile crime, the data shows these patterns have decreased over the last 10 years.

The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% from the same time period last year in Chicago.

Sharone Mitchell Jr., chief public defender in Illinois' Cook County, tells “Morning in America” that blaming cashless bail for crime rates is a “completely preposterous position.” He says that in the two years since Illinois eliminated cashless bail,

The Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Fund has approved reimbursement for over $4,000 to the family of Mari Villar, who was severely injured in a hit-and-run two years ago, after WGN Investigates…