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ALLOW CIVIL DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND ALLOW RESTITUTION IN THE CASES OF MOLLY YOUNG AND PRAVIN VARUGHESE.

Created by S.B. on March 27, 2015

IN BOTH CASES OFMOLLY YOUNG AND PRAVIN VARUGHESE, OFFICIALS FAILED AND MISHANDLED PROPER PROCEDURES. IN YOUNGS CASE, THE POLICE ALLOWED THE SUSPECT TO CHANGE CLOTHES AND CLEAN HIMSELF BEFORE QUESTIONING. AN OUTSIDE AGENCY WAS DELAYED BY THE LOCAL POLICE INTO ENTERING AND INVESTIGATING THE CASE. IN THE CASE OF VARUGHESE, AN OFFICER WITH THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE WAS TOLD BY A SUBJECT THAT VARUGHESE WAS INJURED AND RAN INTO THE WOODS NEAR WHERE THE OFFICER STOPPED THE SUBJECTS VEHICLE. DESPITE THE REPORT FROM THE SUBJECT, NO SEARCH AND RESCUE WAS INITIATED. VARUGHESE WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE WOODS APPROXIMATELY SIX DAYS LATER.

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