Time stands still in Cook County Jail for some inmates

Accused rapist Andre Holmes has been locked up in the Cook County Jail for more than a decade — and he is still waiting to go to trial. Holmes, 48, is accused of raping a female high-school acquaintance in 2002. He is one of 40 inmates who have been held in the jail for more than five years, almost a third more than the number a decade ago. Those figures suggest the wheels of justice continue to grind slowly in Cook County’s criminal courts.

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  Organizers behind the Electric Daisy Carnival say they’ll turn down the volume and set a curfew for firework displays during DJ sets in response to “unexpected noise complaints” from residents neighboring the Chicagoland Speedway and from suburbs as far away as Mokena. Jennifer Forkish, an Insomniac Productions spokeswoman, released a statement on Saturday, vowing to make changes and be a “good neighbor” for the remainder of the three-day electronic dance festival.
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