The infuriating thing is this guy, who has a clean criminal record, spent more time in jail than criminal gang members get for actually threatening people with a loaded gun.
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this admitted gang mamber from my own neighborhood:
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Jaime Gutierrez, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Sharon Sullivan who sentenced him to one year in prison, said Lisa Gordon, a spokeswoman for the Cook County State's Attorney.
Gutierrez, of the 3600 block of West Leland Avenue in the Albany Park neighborhood, was arrested July 29 and originally charged with unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, both felonies.
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He got upset with the way his soccer game was going one morning, and pulled a gun out of his backpack and threatened other players and spectators with it.
Chicago has a horrible track record of prosecuting gun crimes by career criminals, letting them plead to light sentences. These are the same guys who then go on to murder someone eventually, it's extremely rare for someone charged with murder to have a clean record. And very often they have a record of gun crimes prior to their murder, for which they receive light sentences and are released to commit more crimes. It's absolutely ridiculous.