Pretrial detention changes to SAFE-T Act will head to governor
Lawmakers on Thursday passed a long-awaited amendment to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform's provisions that will eliminate cash bail ...
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Changes to cash bail statute surface before Thursday’s planned adjournment
Two days before lawmakers were scheduled to adjourn for the year, one of the lead negotiators of the SAFE-T Act ...
With three session days left, SAFE-T Act changes could be forthcoming, ‘technical’ in nature
Changes may yet come to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform before its Jan. 1 effective date, but some of ...
Contextualizing cash bail’s end
While a new law overhauling Illinois' system of pretrial detention continues to face scrutiny ahead of its Jan. 1 implementation ...
Advocates oppose SAFE-T Act changes proposed by Democratic senator
Much of the talk from supporters of the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform has in recent days centered on how ...
What happens when cash bail ends?
Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. Here's what that means and what changes may be ...
What’s in the SAFE-T Act? A look at the 2021 criminal justice reform and how it has evolved
Amid a campaign season in which every constitutional office and seat in the Illinois General Assembly will be up for ...
Republicans announce effort to repeal SAFE-T Act, Democrats call it ‘all for show’
Republicans are calling for their Democratic counterparts in the Illinois House to join them in efforts to repeal criminal justice ...
Lawmakers pass second follow-up measure to last year’s criminal justice reform
Illinois lawmakers this week passed a bill clarifying issues around the massive criminal justice reform bill that passed with the ...
Law enforcement groups respond to landmark criminal justice reform
Law enforcement groups have decried the Monday signing of a massive criminal justice reform billinto law by Gov. JB Pritzker, ...
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