Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police leaders lean on flawed information to argue releasing criminal defendants on electronic monitoring worsens violence problem

From center, Justice Jones looks up while releasing balloons during a vigil, April 19, 2021, for 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams who was fatally shot six times in a vehicle while sitting in a McDonald’s restaurant drive-thru in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)