ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Sick. – The You Paid For It Group sat down with among the space’s prime prosecutors in Missouri and Illinois over the following few weeks. They’re the individuals accountable for ensuring taxpayers get justice within the struggle in opposition to crime.
You pay thousands and thousands for them to do this job. You Paid For It investigator Elliott Davis first talked to The St Clair County State’s Legal professional James Gomric about crime in his county that features East St Louis, his hardest occasions on the job, and his opposition to the dying penalty.
Gomric didn’t present numbers however says he believes his workplace is doing an excellent job within the battle with crime. He describes how crime is down in St. Clair County.
He credit a particular State Police job power that’s been serving to across the county and particularly East St Louis deal with its crime downside. Gomric says crime is down in St Clair County. However he nonetheless says St. Clair County just isn’t as protected correctly.
In 2019 there have been 886 violent crimes in St. Clair County, together with 46 murders. By 2020 that had dropped to 530 violent crimes and 10 homicides. The figures from the FBI weren’t but out there for 2021.
Gomric says one among his hardest moments on the job was the case of a younger man who he says had wonderful potential however was gunned down in a mindless killing. Gomric had the powerful job of sitting all the way down to consolation his mom.
Elliott Davis talked to Gomric about his opposition to the dying penalty which was abolished in Illinois. Gomric stated, “the dying penalty belongs on the ash heap of historical past.”
Gomric additionally says he feels for inmates who’re behind bars longer due to the pandemic that shut down the courthouses and suspended trials.
