Tag: cash bail

Illinois House Black Caucus draws hard line against any rollback of core SAFE-T Act reforms

Illinois Democrats condemn Trump’s executive order limiting funding to Illinois because of its pretrial detention law.

It’s been almost a year since the controversial Pretrial Fairness Act went into effect in Illinois, and new research from ...

But researchers say despite new 75-county data trove, it’s still too early to judge bail reform law

Illinois on Monday will become the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature — ...

Beginning Monday, state courts in Illinois will be prohibited from jailing individuals who are accused – but not convicted – ...

A landmark criminal justice reform that eliminates cash bail in Illinois is constitutional, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, paving ...

An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears ...

A Kankakee County judge ruled Wednesday that lawmakers overreached their constitutional authority in passing a measure to abolish cash bail ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a follow-up measure to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform, the third such amendment ...