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The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the creation of the Illinois Judicial College Committee on Pretrial Education (CPTE) as a seventh Standing Committee of the Illinois Judicial College (Judicial College), elevating pretrial education from its current Pretrial Board Workgroup status in the Judicial College.

Timothy M. Doll, a registered sex offender charged with murder in DeKalb teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland’s death is expected to appear back in DeKalb County court on Wednesday. Some locals are planning a protest to call for stricter sentences for sexual crimes.

A DeKalb man with a loaded 9 mm handgun tucked in his waistband was tired, so he took a nap on a stranger’s couch, according to court records.

The Illinois Supreme Court Pretrial Implementation Task Force (Task Force) has updated its resource documents, including draft flowcharts, considerations documents and sample orders, to reflect the latest Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) amendments as of December 15, 2022.

Pretrial Implementation Task Force to Discuss Detention Hearings at Town Halls on October 27/

As task force works to ready justice system, amendments could be coming

As task force works to ready justice system, amendments could be forthcoming

As task force works to ready justice system, amendments could be forthcoming.

What happens when cash bail ends in Illinois? As a state task force works to ready the justice system, amendments could be forthcoming.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. The measure that will eliminate it has been on the books since early 2021, giving the justice system two years to plan for the major overhaul of the states pretrial detention system. Its also given time for the measure to become politicized to a point where the reality of the law has become indistinguishable from the political rhetoric surrounding it.