As SAFE-T Act goes live, murder suspects previously eligible to post bond are held in jail
Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings.
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Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings.
Public defenders, while supportive of reform, anticipate major workload increases.
Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a landmark criminal justice reform law did not violate the state’s constitution. The high court said the law should now go into effect in September.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis delivered the court’s opinion, approved 5-2, saying that the constitution “does not mandate that monetary bail is the only means to ensure criminal defendants appear for trials or the only means to protect the public.”
Abolition of cash bail was placed on hold in December pending appeal to Supreme Court.
Bail will still end in counties that didn’t sue, containing about two-thirds of state’s population.
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Governor JB Pritzker signed the SAFE-T Act into law in 2021. On January 1, 2023, the Act will end cash bail in Illinois. In a
