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Illinois Supreme Court upholds end to cash bail; new system begins Sept. 18
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCHICAGO (CBS) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a state law ending cash bail across the...
Illinois Supreme Court upholds law eliminating cash bail, sets Sept. 18 as start date for new system
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state to become the first in the...
Illinois to become first state to end use of cash bail
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIllinois will become the first state in the U.S. to halt the use of cash bail after the state...
Indepth: There's more than no cash bail in Illinois' pretrial detention system overhaul
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBeginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. The measure that will eliminate it...
Illinois prosecutors ask a judge to quash law that is set to eliminate cash bail on Jan. 1
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLess than two weeks before cash bail is set to be abolished in Illinois, opponents of the measure on...
Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIllinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial...
Illinois Supreme Court finds no-cash bail constitutional, goes into effect in September
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Illinois Supreme Court found a major criminal justice reform bill was indeed constitutional on...
Illinois Becomes First State To Eliminate Cash Bail
Blavity via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIllinois will soon become the first state in the United States to eliminate the cash bail system, allowing many suspects to remain free before their...
Changes to Illinois cash bail statute surface before Thursday’s planned adjournment
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo days before lawmakers were scheduled to adjourn for the year, one of the lead negotiators of the...
Illinois Passes A Law Ending Cash Bail, Gains The Nickname ‘The Purge’ Law
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAccording to an article by Block Club Chicago in March 2023, “a law ending cash bail throughout...