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Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent Discusses SAFE-T Act, Separation of Powers

WGN Radio

“What I think the opinion misses is that the legislature plays a vital role in the criminal justice system and always has,” Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent said of a judge’s ruling on Illinois’ SAFE-T Act. “In fact it starts with the fact that, what is criminal? Judges don’t decide what’s criminal, the legislature does. What about sentencing? It’s the legislature that sets the parameters of sentencing. ... There is a joint undertaking from the legislature and the judicial.”

Professor Harold Krent Talks About Kankakee County Judge's Ruling on SAFE-T Act Cash Bail Provision

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“I’m not suggesting that the legislature drew a perfect line here in terms of when we should decide an individual is dangerous and should not be released prior to the trial, but I do think that it’s up to the legislature to make a good-faith effort to accommodate the interests of safety, of fairness, and that’s what they attempted to do,” said Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent.

Separation of Powers Expert Harold Krent Explains Legislature's Role in Criminal Justice System

Daily Herald

“We can all draw the lines differently,” Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent said, “but I think ... the Kankakee court didn’t notice that this was a reasonable effort under the Illinois constitution to try to accommodate the interests of the public in being safe, with having a fair and equitable criminal justice system that didn’t automatically make freedom pending trial contingent upon someone’s wealth.”

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Richard Kling Says Judge's SAFE-T Act Ruling Wasn't a Surprise

WBEZ Radio

“The arguments raised all had merit, they weren’t frivolous,” Chicago-Kent Professor Richard Kling said. He noted that Judge THomas Cunnington did not issue an injunction along with his ruling, meaning that the decision will not stop jurisdictions that are not among the plaintiffs in the suit from implementing the provisions of the SAFE-T Act.

SAFE-T Act Ruling Diminishes Authority of Legislature, Professor Harold Krent Says

ABC7 Chicago

"The court short-changed the legislature's longstanding interest in defining what is a crime, defining what is a sentence for a particular crime, and defining when bail should be allowed or not allowed," said Professor Harold Krent, Kent College of Law and separation of powers expert.

Professor Harold Krent Talks About 'Highly Contestable' Ruling on SAFE-T Act

Chicago Tribune

Harold Krent, a law professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law, called Judge Thomas Cunnington’s ruling on the separation of powers violations “highly contestable,” arguing that the state legislature also has an interest in making sure the court system is fair. The legislature has already weighed in on similar matters, such as limiting judges’ discretion in sentencing.

Professor Harold Krent Discusses What's Coming Up at Supreme Court

Bloomberg Law

“There has never been a criminal action brought against a foreign state-owned enterprise in our history,” Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent said of a case before the Supreme Court involving a Turkish bank accused of laundering money for Iran. “And the 2nd Circuit held that there’s no law immunizing a state-owned bank for its commercial activities the way there would be to protect a state diplomat, and so the criminal charges could go forward. So this is really unprecedented and it’s a major change which will have ripple effects around the world.”

Illinois Tech Professor Carly Kocurek Quoted in Article on Legacy of Games for Girls Movement

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“The people who grew up playing these games are adults now—there’s a lot of nostalgia for them,” Illinois Tech professor Carly Kocurek said in an article about her research into the Games for Girls movement. “We’re starting to see that a lot of the folks that were designers and influential during the Games for Girls movement have become leaders. We have a radically different landscape for games now, so ‘Games for Girls’ sounds almost antiquated—because of course people are making games for many different audiences—but that wasn’t always the case.”

Mohammad Shahidehpour, Director of Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation, Discusses Natural Gas, Other Heating Options

WTTW

“We need to come up with an option that considers all those alternatives: natural gas, electricity, even hydrogen for heating homes,” said Mohammad Shahidehpour, professor and director of the Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Tech.

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Richard Kling Discusses Police Scanner Encryption

ABC7 Chicago

Chicago Kent College of Law clinical professor of law and defense attorney Richard Kling offered his analysis of the Chicago Police Department's decision to encrypt its radio transmissions.