“We need to reform the SAFE-T to ensure that other families do not suffer like Megan Bos’ family and too many others have under this flawed law,” said State Representative Tom Weber. “House Bill 4104 helps us do that by putting more discretion into the hands of judges to hold potentially dangerous criminals.”
From Fox 32: Mother of Illinois woman found dead pushes for SAFE-T Act reform
The mother of an Antioch woman found dead last year is now at the center of a new push to reform Illinois’ SAFE-T Act.
A Republican-led task force that calls for changes to the law was announced Tuesday in Springfield.
April marks one year since the body of Megan Bos was found in a trash bin behind the Waukegan home of Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez. Now, her mother is breaking her silence.
“I’ve waited over a year to speak to the many ways the SAFE-T Act and Megan’s case connect, and show the reform that’s desperately needed,” said Jennifer Bos, Megan’s mother.
Jennifer Bos is now backing House Bill 4104, which would give judges broader discretion to deny pretrial release.
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