Patrick Smith | WBEZ
Reporter, Criminal Justice
Patrick Smith is a criminal justice reporter for WBEZ. Before joining the criminal justice desk, Patrick produced All Things Considered and Morning Edition for WBEZ. He joined WBEZ as an intern in 2013 and never left. Patrick has a B.S. in news reporting and writing from Columbia College Chicago. His reporting has won awards from the Associated Press, the Chicago Headline Club, the Radio Television Digital News Association, the Chicago Bar Association and others. Patrick grew up a few miles north of Detroit. He now lives in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.
Police data show murders are continuing to fall, but the numbers through August remain elevated from what was typical just a few years ago.
Chicago Police officials are checking boxes, but federal reforms mandated in 2019 are not being felt in the community, experts say.
Told of the sentence, Jaslyn’s father said, “I pray that he learns from it. I pray that he understands the severity of what happened and what this situation has done to our family.”