Pretrial Practices News Today

From implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act to a prohibition on book bans, WAND News Capitol Reporter Mike Miletich has a full breakdown of the top political stories of the

Most portions of the law were introduced by lawmakers over the past decade. Yet, those plans never received the same support the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus had in 2020 following

Illinois is the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond.

“It’s a wait and see at this point to see how this plays out,” said Palos Parks police chief as a new cashless bail system goes into effect throughout the state next week.

South suburban police chiefs expressed uncertainty about how cashless bail, which goes into effect Monday, will affect their communities, but said the biggest change for police officers will be the issuance of bonds and arrests. Cashless bail was a measure of the SAFE-T Act, a criminal justice reform bill signed into law in 2021. Some Illinois prosecutors filed a lawsuit seeking to block the ...

The Illinois Supreme Court announced they will abolish cash bail on Monday in accordance with the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, becoming the first state to officially end the practice. The PFA also establishes new processes for pretrial release and places the burden on the government to prove that someone should be detained.  According to the...

Letter To The Editor:The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice opposes the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services’ launch of an Electronic Monitoring

Both the majority and minority opinions in the Illinois Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the SAFE-T Act last week claimed the other side was ignoring...

Both the majority and minority opinions in the Illinois Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the SAFE-T Act last week claimed the other side was ignoring...

The majority opined that cash bail “was all but unknown” when the state’s original Constitution was first approved in 1818, and the same basic language from that document remains in