Legal Opinion
Brewster McCauley v. City of Chicag
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 2011No. 09-3561PublishedCited by 1,364 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Mersaides McCauley was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend Glenford Martinez as she left the parking lot of her church in Chicago. Martinez then turned the gun on himself. At the time of the murder-suicide, Martinez was on parole for an earlier homicide and had a history of harassing and assaulting McCauley in violation of his parole and a court order of protection issued on her behalf. Chicago law-enforcement and Illinois corrections officials were aware of these violations and could have ensured that Martinez was detained without bail, but they neither issued a…
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