Chicago Judge Advocates for Home Security Two Years after Personal Tragedy
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow told fellow judges Saturday that she believes that a home security system could have helped prevent the murder of her Mother and Husband two years ago.
A Chicago Judge’s Mother and Husband were shot by angry litigant, and she has become an advocate for judges having home security systems installed. “We just didn’t do it,” she said. She said judges must make up their minds that “for the sake of my family, for the sake of myself, I just have to do it.”
The overall lesson of this story is how important a home security system can be. Generally, the larger your house the more expensive the security system, but it is still a measure that can prevent a lifetime of regret. Judges, who have taken great monetary sacrifices, are entitled to federally funded protection because they are in harms way by the nature of their job. I just hope that the other 30% take Lefkow’s advice and get a home security system really soon.
