Attorney general's office 'reviewing' ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke's sentence
CHICAGO - In a highly unorthodox move, the Illinois Attorney General's office is "reviewing" former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke's relatively lenient prison sentence, a spokeswoman for the office said Thursday.
"We are going to do a careful review of the record and the law and make a determination based on our review," spokeswoman Maura Possley said in an email.
Possley declined to elaborate on what exactly the office is examining, but legal experts told the Tribune the attorney general may try to persuade a higher court to force a re-sentencing or have state lawmakers reconsider the
