Comments on: Peoria prosecutors actually take case to court … and win

By: Bill Dennis

Bill Dennis — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:16:09 +0000

Gee … the public defenders — the guys who try to keep their defendants out of prison — LOVE the state’s attorney’s office. I am shocked, really shocked.

By: roman II

roman II — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:47:04 +0000

Bill: talk to Tom Penn or Mark Rose of the Public Defenders office and get a real opinion on the prosecutor’s office-the p.d.’s is based on personal reasons.

By: Bill Dennis

Bill Dennis — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:10:51 +0000

Roman: Talk to virtually any member of the Peoria Police department about how Lyons refusal to prosecute all but the most slam dunk cases makes Peoria an unsafe place to live.

By: roman II

roman II — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:57:11 +0000

Pardon the misspellings in the above reply, hurrying too much today. Thanks

By: roman II

roman II — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:54:59 +0000

Bill: I don’t kmow what you have against Kevin Lyons- he has been the best States Attorney Peoria County has had in decades, and that includes Bob Manning, Mike Mihm and John Barra. No one gets a pass from Lyons, if he chooses to not prosecute a case it is because the evidence is obviously lacking, or the defense far outweighs the prosecution case. The “crack house” case you refer to-all the witnesses said the decedent was the aggresor and self defense was all the evidence present-you don’t charge someone just because the event occurred in a crack house. Lyons will nail your ass if you are a politician, a lawyer, a policeman, or whatever. He alls them like he ses them, and he has a highly qualified staff to back him up-so what is your problem with him?

By: Scott Janz

Scott Janz — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:41:48 +0000

Bill, your sarcasim cracks me up.