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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Judge | ||||||
4 | Raymond Myles, who passed away on April 10, 2017 at the age of | ||||||
5 | 66; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Judge Myles graduated from Harrison High School in | ||||||
7 | 1968; he received his Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from the | ||||||
8 | University of Illinois in 1972 and his Master of Arts in Social | ||||||
9 | Work in 1974; he received his Juris Doctor from the University | ||||||
10 | of Illinois in 1977; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Judge Myles worked for a time in Springfield | ||||||
12 | before returning to Chicago and joining the Cook County State's | ||||||
13 | Attorney's Office; he left that position and started in private | ||||||
14 | practice; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Judge Myles was appointed to the Circuit Court of | ||||||
16 | Cook County in 1999; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Judge Myles doled out advice and tough love from | ||||||
18 | the bench, monitoring probation and linking defendants to jobs | ||||||
19 | and education; he kept a stash of collared shirts for anyone | ||||||
20 | who arrived without one, which he would sometimes launder | ||||||
21 | himself; one defendant, who confessed that he never wore ties |
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1 | to court because he did not own any, received a bag of neckties | ||||||
2 | taken from the closet of Judge Myles; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, After his first year on the bench, Judge Myles | ||||||
4 | began an annual tradition: a courtroom graduation party for | ||||||
5 | anyone on his docket who received a diploma or GED; as many as | ||||||
6 | a dozen defendants would show up, many making the trip to the | ||||||
7 | courthouse even though they no longer were required to do so by | ||||||
8 | a probation officer; he would even go to high school | ||||||
9 | graduations to see his defendants get their diplomas in person, | ||||||
10 | sometimes years after the last time he had seen them in court; | ||||||
11 | and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Judge Myles remembered whether defendants had | ||||||
13 | children or ailing relatives, and asked about them, often | ||||||
14 | reminding them that they needed to succeed to make a better | ||||||
15 | life for their loved one; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, Judge Myles really liked that he could actually | ||||||
17 | make a difference, and did not want to send anyone to jail or | ||||||
18 | prison; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
20 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
21 | mourn the passing of Judge Raymond Miles, and extend our | ||||||
22 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
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1 | and loved him; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Judge Myles as an expression of our | ||||||
4 | deepest sympathy.
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