SAFE-T Act

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

Illinois lawmakers have approved a measure that reforms criminal sentencing for minors, particularly victims of child sex trafficking.

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 ...

Lawmakers on Thursday passed a long-awaited amendment to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform's provisions that will eliminate cash bail ...

Two days before lawmakers were scheduled to adjourn for the year, one of the lead negotiators of the SAFE-T Act ...

Changes may yet come to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform before its Jan. 1 effective date, but some of ...

While a new law overhauling Illinois' system of pretrial detention continues to face scrutiny ahead of its Jan. 1 implementation ...

Much of the talk from supporters of the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform has in recent days centered on how ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul accused his Republican challenger Thomas DeVore of making “dangerous” remarks, while DeVore accused the Democratic incumbent ...