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As of March 2021, three states have abolished cash bail for the majority of court cases and one state has fully abolished cash bail starting January 2023. In 2014, New Jersey enacted reforms that took effect on January 1, 2017.
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In August 2017, the governor passed a reform bill for the criminal justice system of Connecticut. This bill included a bail reform to get rid of cash bail for misdemeanor level and non-violent offenses. It also included a requirement of a criminal conviction before seizing the asset(s) someone put up for bail.
(The Center Square) – A former Illinois state legislator says their fears about the end of cash bail are now coming true as Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart pushes to end the department’s ...
Prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement and courts are getting ready for the Sept. 18 end of cash bail in the Rockford region and Illinois.
Proponents of eliminating cash bail for misdemeanors and non-violent offenses argue cash bail creates two tiers of justice, one for the rich who can either pay the bail themselves or pay a bonds person a percentage,10-15% in cash, the rest in collateral, to put up the bail; the other for poor people—often marginalized people of color—who ...
Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act, which abolishes cash bail as a condition of pretrial release, will take effect Sept. 18, making Illinois the first state to end cash bail and a testing ground for ...
Robert Paul McCulloch (born July 27, 1951) is an American former prosecutor who was the American prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri from 1991 until 2019. A Democrat, McCulloch historically had bipartisan support as a prosecutor and won reelection in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, often unopposed, but by wide margins when he had an opponent. [1]