Tag: Pretrial Fairness Act

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

A law abolishing cash bail will take effect in Illinois on Sept. 18. The change makes Illinois the first state to eliminate the practice and a nationally watched testing ground for whether such a change can work.

With three session days left, SAFE-T Act changes could be forthcoming, ‘technical’ in nature

Dems claim electoral mandate for broad criminal justice reform, GOP claims they’re ‘frozen out’ SPRINGFIELD – Changes may yet come to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform before its Jan. 1 effective date, but some of its major proponents in the General Assembly said the results of the Nov. 8 general election have signified that