Pincham, Grant say Ryan youth bill lacking

Pincham, Grant say Ryan youth bill lacking

Gov. Ryan's signing of a bill requiring youth younger than 13 to have a lawyer present during police questioning falls short of "true justice" for wrongly accused children as long as the law is silent on "rogue" cops who lie and frame innocent victims, two prominent Black lawyers said Sunday.

Former Illinois Appellate Court Justice R. Eugene Pincham and his partner, attorney Andre Grant, who represented the 8-year-old boy who along with his 7-year-old friend were falsely charged with the murder of 11-year-old Ryan Harris., said what is needed is a law that deals with "lying" cops who frame suspects.

"This is another …