CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County state's attorney on Tuesday publicly defended her office's handling of the case involving the suspect in the Blue Line attack that left a woman severely burned.

Eileen O'Neill Burke also wants to see changes in the electronic monitoring program to better protect the public.

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O'Neill Burke made it clear Tuesday that her office tried to keep the suspect, Lawrence Reed, locked up, but a judge instead put Reed on electronic monitoring. And records show he repeatedly violated his curfew, including on the day of the attack.

O'Neil Burke talked about her first year in office as Cook County state's attorney before a packed house at the City Club.

She was interrupted at least twice by people in the crowd s

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