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The SAFE-T Act's passage made Illinois the first state in the United States to abolish cash bail as the standard of pretrial detention. [23] [24] House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch framed the Act as part of a broader effort "to remedy inequalities" in light of the "past year's reckoning of racial injustice."
Though other states have tried, Illinois is the first in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release for criminal defendants
Abolishing cash bail was part of the SAFE-T Act, an expansive criminal justice overhaul passed by the Illinois legislature in 2021. A state judge struck down the law, ruling the bail provision ...
Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law ...
A 2021 bail reform law went into effect Monday after the state Supreme Court shut down a legal challenge in July. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
In 2021, Illinois abolished cash bail in a provision of the SAFE-T Act, which included a number of law enforcement reform measures. After legal challenges, the provision eliminating cash bail will take effect in 2023. [30]
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More than six months into implementation of a first-in-the-nation law ending cash bail in Illinois, jail populations are down statewide and at the Sangamon County Jail seen on Thursday, May 2, 2024.