Will County, California

California negotiating practices have arrived in Illinois! If you don't like the smell of this, call everyone you know in Will County and ask them to contact their elected representatives on the Will County Board and lay into them.

Will County and five of its detectives owe $15,500,000 to a couple whose 3-year-old daughter was murdered. The father was accused and arrested, but DNA on the child's body was determined not to be his. The father and mother accused the detectives of framing him and sued Will County and the detectives for $15,500,000. They won.

Aside from this judgement being way out of whack in amount, what's the big deal? "Authorities" are dealing to avoid forcing the detectives into bankruptcy and just leaving the insurance company on the hook by excusing the detectives from personal liability.

Well, guess what, folks! The insurance company did not frame the father. The deputies allegedly did. So, why should they be let off the hook? Of course, they are personally responsible. They could not have acted within the scope of their law enforcement duties to frame the father.

The detectives (if they lost a $15,500,000 judgement to the parents) should be held accountable, both financially and professionally. Presumably, they are no longer employed by the sheriff's department. Are they?

When you accuse someone of murder and manufacture evidence to make your case, you have violated your oath of office and performed in a manner that cannot be excused. "I'm sorry" won't cut it. "The insurance company will pay" won't cut it. They are personally responsible. Who else could be?

The deal should be thrown off the table immediately!