What happens when cash bail ends next year in Illinois?
As task force works to ready justice system, amendments could be forthcoming.
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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 state's pretrial detention system. It's 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.
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 state’s pretrial detention system.