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The Illinois Supreme Court halted the abolition of the cash bail system in the state on Saturday, just one day before that landmark criminal justice reform was poised to take effect.
The justices issued their order Saturday evening, hours before the new law was slated to take effect, to maintain the status quo across the state.
Threat. eliminating the wealth-based advantage. >> in 35 years that i've been a prosecutor, this is probably the biggest change in the criminal justice system that i have ever seen. >> dupaige county state's attorney robert berlin was using the ads attacking the law -- >> violent criminals out on the streets. >> he and other states attorneys secured changes signed into law this month. >> i was a vocal critic back then, but with this amendment, that's changed everything. judges have the tools with violent criminals, to detain defendants who are likely to commit other offenses that put the commu...
Illinois state lawmakers have an opportunity to correct the gravest missteps baked into the SAFE-T Act. The best way to do that would be rescind the entire Act and start over. But Illinois Dems won't. Why should they dismantle SAFE-T, they'll ask, given the elections they swept last week?
Bond was denied for a man accused of opening fire at a shopping mall in west suburban Lombard last week.