REVOKED BECAUSE BINION
VIOLATED BAIL FOR A PENDING
ROBBERY CASE.
WGN INVESTIGATES COP
KILLERS GOING FREE EARLIER
THIS SUMMER, A MAN CONVICTED
OF KILLING A CHICAGO POLICE
OFFICER IN THE 1970'S WAS
RELEASED FROM PRISON AND NOW
ANOTHER OFFICER'S MURDERERS
APPEALING TO THE ILLINOIS
PRISONER REVIEW BOARD FOR
FREEDOM WGN INVESTIGATES BEN
BRADLEY HAS THIS STORY.
YOU MIGHT THINK THAT
KILLING A COP WOULD LEAD TO AN
AUTOMATIC LIFE SENTENCE BUT
UNDER OLD SENTENCING RULES
INMATES ARE FINDING THEMSELVES
ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE AND AS WE
FOUND IT OFF AND LANDS IN
THEIR LAPS OF DECEASED
OFFICERS FAMILIES TO FIGHT TO
KEEP THEM LOCKED UP.
THIS IS REALLY THIS IS MY
FATHER'S THIS IS HIS LIFE
RIGHT HERE IS ALL I HAVE LEFT.
OLD PHOTOS. THERE'S A LIFE
MAGAZINE OPTIONS, TARGETS FIRE
BOTTOM RIGHT IS MY FATHER, THE
OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS I HAVE
A LOT OF THE ARTICLES MY
FATHER'S MURDER IN HERE. THAT
I'VE KEPT THROUGH THE YEARS
EVEN AN OLD RULE MY FATHER
WOULD WRITE DOWN IN THESE
BOOKS EVERY DAY HE WORKED A
DIARY THAT ABRUPTLY ENDS JUNE
19TH 1970.
HE WAS MURDERED AND HE HE
DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO.
WRITING HIS LAWN.
THIS IS WHAT HURRICANE OR
PASS TO REMEMBER HIS FATHER
CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER KENNETH
CAIN OR HE HAS BEEN ATTENDING
PAROLE HEARINGS FOR HIS DANCE
KILLER DREW SHARP SINCE THE
1980'S NEARLY 2 DOZEN IN I
RELIVE IT EVERY TIME I GO TO
THESE HEARINGS HE WAS THE
SHOOTER YOU EXECUTE IN MY
FATHER, MY FATHER WAS SITTING
IN HIS SQUAD CAR FILLING OUT A
MISSING PERSON REPORT THIS
INDIVIDUAL WALKED UP WITH A
SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN BY HIS OWN
ACCOUNT WORDS, HE SAID GOOD
EVENING OFFICER AND THEN
PROCEED TO LITERALLY BLOW. MY
FATHER SAID IN SHARP HE
ADMITTED TO THE MURDER SAID IT
WAS MOTIVATED BY RACIAL STRIFE
IF THE TIME HE PLED GUILTY AND
HAS EXPRESSED REMORSE HE'S
BEEN LOCKED UP FOR NEARLY 50
YEARS AND RECORDS REFLECT HE'S
BEEN A MODEL PRISONER LAST
WINTER, THE ILLINOIS PRISONER
REVIEW BOARD DENIED CHARGE
PAROLE REQUEST. BUT HE WAS
RELEASED THIS SUMMER UNDER THE
STATE'S MANDATORY PERIOD OF
PAROLE IS NOW 70 YEARS OLD
LIVING IN FLORIDA WITH HIS
BROTHER A FORMER CHICAGO COP.
DESPITE HIS PERSONAL TRAGEDY,
HURRICANE ARE FOLLOWED IN HIS
FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS IN JOIN THE
POLICE FORCE WHEN I FIRST WAS
AN ACADEMY PEOPLE CAN'T
BELIEVE OFFICERS GETTING ON
THE OFTEN ODD COP KILLER STAYS
IN THE REST OF THEIR LIFE AND
I KNOW THEY DON'T THAT'S NOT
THE CASE.
I THINK TERRY'S NAME SO. IN
NUMBER 1414.
THAT BRINGS US TO ANOTHER
POLICE FAMILY ARE HERE TO
SPEAK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NO
LONGER HERE TO SPEAK AND WE
DON'T WANT HIS VOICE TO BE
LOST. THE OFFICER TERRENCE
LOFTUS WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN
1976 HIS FAMILY IS NOW IN THE
SAME POSITION HURRICANE OR WAS
IN.
FIGHTING TO KEEP A COP
KILLER FROM BEING PULLED THE
MESSAGE IS PRETTY CLEAR IN
THAT IT'S OUR RIGHT IN THAT
EVENTUALLY YOU WILL YOU WILL
BE FREE AND.
WE WILL STILL HAVE A POLICE
OFFICER WHOSE LIFE WAS TAKEN.
TERRY WAS REGULAR GUY ON
HIS WAY SO OFF I SAW PEOPLE IN
DISTRESS AND STILL GOT OUT OF
THE CAR TO DO SOMETHING WAS
USED THE POLICE WAS A REAL
POLICE COST HIM HIS LIFE.
CHICAGO HOMICIDE LIEUTENANT
GREG DAILEY HAS LOOKED INTO
THE CASE OF OFFICER LAW
OFFICES, KILLER. I'M AND I'M
ROBBIE HARRIS KEEL AKA MEADOW
WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THIS ONE
MAD DOG. BECAME A LEADER
WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND WITHIN
HIS GAME AND GET IT IN PRISON,
CORRECT. CORRECT AND IT WASN'T
A CASE OF SOMEBODY WHO SO THEY
ARE THE WAYS AND TRYING TO
WHILE IN PRISON IN FACT HE
GAME RANK AND STATUS WHILE IN
PRISON AND READY FOR THE
BETTER PART OF 3 DECADES, IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
PRISONER REVIEW BOARD WILL RE
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING PRISON
REFORM EXPERTS SAY THE POINT
OF INCARCERATION SHOULD BE
REHABILITATION NOT JUST
PUNISHMENT. AND IF WE NEVER
GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
LEAVE PRISON OR REALLY NOT
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT
MISSION PRINCIPAL YOU KNOW
WHEN WE PUT PEOPLE AWAY FOR
VERY LONG PERIODS OF TIME FOR
THEIR NATURAL LIFE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
INCAPACITATING THEM ARE NOT
REHABILITATE ING THEM WE'RE
NOT CHANGING THE SYSTEM WE'RE
NOT CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE PAY A
VERY HIGH PRICE FOR BOTH
FINANCIALLY AND FRANKLY
MORALLY BECAUSE ALL ARE DOING
AT THAT POINT IS WAREHOUSING
PEOPLE.
CARIS KEEL WE'LL HAVE
ANOTHER PAROLE HEARING IN LATE
SEPTEMBER AND ONCE AGAIN IT
FALLS TO THE FAMILY OF A
FALLEN OFFICER TO FIGHT TO
KEEP A KILLER BEHIND BARS
WE'RE AGING AND WE NEED TO
SPEAK FOR HIM.
WE NEED TO SPEAK FOR HIS
PARENTS AND FOR HIS BROTHER
AND THEY ARE ALL GONE, IT'S
REALLY LIKE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
PUNISHMENT TO THE FAMILY AND A
LOT OF THE FAMILIES DON'T GO
ENDS AND I ALWAYS TELL THE
BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE I'VE
GONE ANOTHER HEARINGS.
DON'T TAKE THAT THAT
THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
KEEPING THIS PERSON IN PRISON.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO RELIVE
IT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
STATE LAW CHANGED IN THE LATE
1970'S ELIMINATING WHAT'S
KNOWN AS DISCRETIONARY PAROLE,
BUT BECAUSE THAT CHANGE
HAPPENED AFTER THE MURDER OF
THESE OFFICERS, THEIR FAMILIES
WERE STILL IN THE POSITION OF
BEING ASKED TO TESTIFY AT
HEARINGS EVERY YEAR. THE NEXT
HEARING FOR OFFICER LAW
OFFICES, KILLER IS SCHEDULED
FOR SEPTEMBER 24TH. BEN
BRADLEY WGN INVESTIGATES.
STILL AHEAD TOM SKILLING'S
FULL FORECAST LESS THAN 10
